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0 pointstgma5mo ago0 comments

Electricity is much more expensive than gas per J. You have to be ~3x more efficient to just break even.

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occz5mo ago

As it turns out, you regularly get a COP of >3 from heat pumps, as they don't need to generate the heat, they steal it from somewhere else (outside)

tgmaOP5mo ago

Right and you simply break even there so there's not much upside in terms of variable costs unless your electricity is somehow cheaper and not mainstream California prices.

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0 pointstgma5mo ago0 comments

Electricity is much more expensive than gas per J. You have to be ~3x more efficient to just break even.

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occz5mo ago

As it turns out, you regularly get a COP of >3 from heat pumps, as they don't need to generate the heat, they steal it from somewhere else (outside)

tgmaOP5mo ago

Right and you simply break even there so there's not much upside in terms of variable costs unless your electricity is somehow cheaper and not mainstream California prices.

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