@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoHeat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1315cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYeah, for some reason we renamed them to heat pump. I suppose they can also be used to slowly heat water as well as the air, which is the main difference.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink4•2 years agoI like “heat pump”. It’s a very nice ELI5 name. It’s a pump for heat. A water pump takes water and forces it to where it wouldn’t go naturally. A heat pump does the same.
Yeah, for some reason we renamed them to heat pump.
I suppose they can also be used to slowly heat water as well as the air, which is the main difference.
I like “heat pump”. It’s a very nice ELI5 name. It’s a pump for heat. A water pump takes water and forces it to where it wouldn’t go naturally. A heat pump does the same.