tst123@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comtst123@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareTalaraine@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoAnd the article states that they’re working at -60 in Maine. They also aren’t geothermal. I’m intrigued.
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI think that was -60 windchill. Which is odd, I would think the windchill temp is irrelevant. Marketing and spin I guess.
minus-squareChetzemoka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago-60⁰ F windchill. You always want to install the heat pump exchanger where it’s not getting battered by wind anyway, so it’s probably not feeling temps that low
And the article states that they’re working at -60 in Maine. They also aren’t geothermal. I’m intrigued.
I think that was -60 windchill. Which is odd, I would think the windchill temp is irrelevant. Marketing and spin I guess.
-60⁰ F windchill. You always want to install the heat pump exchanger where it’s not getting battered by wind anyway, so it’s probably not feeling temps that low