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0 pointsnot2b2y ago0 comments

Ah, but you shouldn't be using a plain resistive heater in most circumstances. Heat pumps are much more efficient.

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hollerith2y ago· 3 in thread

I use a resistive heater. A heat pump would be about 1000 times noisier, and I live in an apartment, so I couldn't put the heat pump where I don't have to hear it.

Faaak2y ago

No longer true since at least 5+ years. New heat pumps are very _very_ silent

hollerith2y ago

Hate to be rude, but I doubt that anything with a compressor can be silent. All heat pumps have compressors, right?

I've been around dozens of air conditioners, every one quite noisy compared to a resistive heater. Are heat pumps quieter than air conditioners?

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hebrox2y ago

Just remember that an A/C is also a heat pump. Lots of apartments around the world with A/C.

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