L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1254arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezxqwas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoIn Scandinavia we run ours down to -4F or colder. Efficiency goes down but they are still better than 1:1 until then.
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·3 years agoAverage temperatures for Bangor, Maine in January are colder than the average temperatures for January in Stockholm, Sweden. Bangor Stockholm Still within range of a good heat pump but Scandinavian countries don’t have a lock on cold. January averages where I live in the US are colder than Reykjavik, Iceland!
In Scandinavia we run ours down to -4F or colder. Efficiency goes down but they are still better than 1:1 until then.
Average temperatures for Bangor, Maine in January are colder than the average temperatures for January in Stockholm, Sweden.
Bangor
Stockholm
Still within range of a good heat pump but Scandinavian countries don’t have a lock on cold. January averages where I live in the US are colder than Reykjavik, Iceland!