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How are people with heat pumps faring? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With the cold weather I was hoping to hear of some experiences people have had with their heat pumps.

What kind of backup heat do you have? Are you using it? Is there some temperature where you just stop using the heat pump, or are you even consciously thinking about it?

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Mine works down to -25 or -30C, then the electric heat coil in the furnace kicks in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Good to hear. As soon as we can afford it, we'll be installing one.

The subsidy doesn't cover us because we're in a mobile home. If we get someone to pull the axles off, we'd qualify, but that's yet more money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the short term, it might make more sense to spend some money on insulation... My uncle lived in one in Northern Ontario, and even though it was skirted and sheltered by the forest around him, the fuel costs each winter were punishing.