L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: environment@chat.maiion.comfuturology@chat.maiion.comupliftingnews@lemmy.worldnews@chat.maiion.com
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minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down6·edit-21 year ago …which in the north only happens for a few hours a year… I know the guy in the TC video used Chicago as an example but the “few hours a year” thing simply isn’t true for many of us. Where I live we had many days below -15f including a week where itpretty much stayed between -20 and -30 for nearly a week straight. A Heat Pump will still work, even here, but you need to be careful about which one you purchase and how it handles cold weather.
minus-squareMellibirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOr remember when it “felt like” - 50° F for two days straight that one February?
minus-squareFubber Nuckin'@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI had to start my car up twice every night to keep the battery from dying.
I know the guy in the TC video used Chicago as an example but the “few hours a year” thing simply isn’t true for many of us.
Where I live we had many days below -15f including a week where itpretty much stayed between -20 and -30 for nearly a week straight.
A Heat Pump will still work, even here, but you need to be careful about which one you purchase and how it handles cold weather.
Or remember when it “felt like” - 50° F for two days straight that one February?
I had to start my car up twice every night to keep the battery from dying.