We recently had our heater changed to a heat pump and whilst producing the same amount of heat, it’s also very energy efficient, using a good chunk less energy than our previous heater.

How do they work and how are they so damn efficient?

  • borkcorkedforks
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    511 months ago

    A heat pump is basically a reverse air conditioner and works on the same principles. Same principles as a refrigerator too. Really such devices should be built to do both things more often.

    This video goes into how they work.

    https://youtu.be/7J52mDjZzto

    • Parallax
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      111 months ago

      Came here and was hoping to see this - this is THE video to watch on the topic.

      • borkcorkedforks
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        111 months ago

        That channel is the channel to watch on a lot of things in the realm of “how does this tech work” but not software or computers.

        Great for learning about stuff you didn’t realize you’d want to know about or just background noise. The man made a video about the color brown and I enjoyed it.