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-square41fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·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.
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.