Peaces@infosec.pubcake to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 months agoHeat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoYeah, for some reason we renamed them to heat pump. I suppose they can also be used to slowly heat water as well as the air, which is the main difference.
minus-squaresteltek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI like “heat pump”. It’s a very nice ELI5 name. It’s a pump for heat. A water pump takes water and forces it to where it wouldn’t go naturally. A heat pump does the same.
Yeah, for some reason we renamed them to heat pump.
I suppose they can also be used to slowly heat water as well as the air, which is the main difference.
I like “heat pump”. It’s a very nice ELI5 name. It’s a pump for heat. A water pump takes water and forces it to where it wouldn’t go naturally. A heat pump does the same.