L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezxqwas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-up2·2 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!