L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square62arrow-up1452file-textcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1442external-linkHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comL4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square62file-textcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.online
minus-squareBuelldozerlinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-22 years 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-squareMellibirdlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoOr remember when it “felt like” - 50° F for two days straight that one February?
minus-squareFubber Nuckin'linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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.