threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoSeriously good cold-climate heat pumps are headed to the US marketelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down10
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkSeriously good cold-climate heat pumps are headed to the US marketelectrek.cothreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoI think you’re forgetting ground source heat pumps. They’ll work fine at -40 because they don’t rely on air temperature.
minus-squareColeSlothlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·2 months agoThose are different and that’s cheating. It’s not what this article is referencing or talking about.
minus-squareColeSlothlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoGeothermal heatpumps that gather the heat from underground below the frost line are different and much more time and space extensive than a regular heatpump.
I think you’re forgetting ground source heat pumps. They’ll work fine at -40 because they don’t rely on air temperature.
Those are different and that’s cheating. It’s not what this article is referencing or talking about.
Cheating in what?
Geothermal heatpumps that gather the heat from underground below the frost line are different and much more time and space extensive than a regular heatpump.