Comment on Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 year agoMost gas furnaces use forced air blowers to distribute the heat. You’re not running that on a small battery.
Comment on Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 year agoMost gas furnaces use forced air blowers to distribute the heat. You’re not running that on a small battery.
DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was thinking about the water heater and radiators, totally forgot forced air blowers - you’re right.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Hear in Canada it’s common to use geothermal heat pumps with floor heating. Even in a power outage the floor will retain their heat for much longer than conventional heating system can.
And if worst comes to worst, it’s not hard to run them off a generator, although I’ve never known anyone who has ever needed to.