SD> In the winter, it does heat the apartment decently but is really
SD> expensive to run. My average bill right now during the hot months is
SD> $75/month but in winter it can go to $110-$120/month which is not good
SD> considering I have a fixed amount on a low-income energy assistance
SD> grant[1], I tend to hide in the bedroom (the heat pump is mounted in a
SD> oil-filled radiator heater instead which is a bit spendy but I get
SD> better results. Thanks to Biden's "0% inflation", TVA is adding on a
SD> $15 fuel surcharge to my bill which means I'll lose a potential month's
SD> worth of service to extra fees caused by an incompetent and impotent
SD> administration.

Those heat pumps are about as effecient as heating your place off Intel/AMD and
NVidia GPUs.  Honestly, I can say that my heat in the winter is augmented by my
servers, switches, firewall, and PCs.  

My home office has zero need for heat at all - I even close the vent in the
winter.  100% heated by AMD and Nvidia (1 CPU and 5 GPUs).  

My server room in part of the basement can send heat through the rest of the
house.  I cut a vent in the cold air return in there so that when the furnace
fan comes on, it pulls the heat out of that space and sends it through the
house.  

- Mark

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