Re: Re: Midterms
  By: Mark Hofmann to Arelor on Sat Aug 13 2022 10:47 am

 > The main sources of home heating here is heat pumps, natural gas, oil, and p
 > 
 > Natural gas is very abundant and normally the least expensive under normal c
 > 
 > The home I grew up with had oil heat which was really nice and warm, too.
 > 
 > Heat pumps might be good in southern states where it doesn't get that cold. 
 > 

That is what I was thinking about heat pumps. I would only use them as a main
source of heating in places in which I don't expect outside temperatures to
drop bellow 3 ┬║ C.

At $job we have an hybrid heat pump + natural gas system. During cold weather,
the heat pump works and, if the outside drops bellow operating temperature,
natural gas kicks in. Durin summer, the heat pump gets its circuit reversed and
works as air conditioning.

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