Heat Pumps

13+ hour, 41+ min ago   (299+ words) White House Weighs Defense Production Act as U.S. Refineries Maxed Out Relief is unlikely anytime soon,… Rosneft has spent 4 trillion… As uptake continues to increase, particularly in regions such as the European Union, researchers are continually improving heat pump technology to…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (691+ words) A Wisconsin homeowner dealing with a failing air conditioner sparked a familiar debate: If your cooling system is on its way out, does it make more sense to replace it with another AC unit or upgrade to a heat pump…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (465+ words) Fewer than half of people asked knew anything about heat pumps despite the electric heating systems forming a key part of national climate action plans, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found. The bar for knowledge was low,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (466+ words) "That's an expensive water heater but I'd expect [the] cost to be in the $3k-$4k range." When replacing a home appliance, getting just one more quote can make a big difference. This was on full display for one Charlotte-area homeowner weighing…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (527+ words) Anode rods are meant to corrode before the tank itself does, which can help a water heater last longer. A 14-year-old water heater prompted one homeowner to ask whether changing the anode rod was still worth attempting. The discussion began…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (203+ words) Samsung Electronics is expanding professional installation and service training for heat pumps as it steps up efforts to target Korea's electric heating and cooling market. Samsung Electronics said on Sept. 10 that it opened a dedicated EHS heat pump training center…...

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2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (674+ words) A homeowner with an unusually large hot-water setup asked a practical question that many battery-backed solar users may face: If one of two 50-gallon electric water heaters is rarely needed, does shutting the other off reduce energy use? Turning off…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (637+ words) A Massachusetts homeowner planning a 2,900-square-foot new build got an answer they likely did not expect after asking whether dual-fuel HVAC was smarter than going all-in on heat pumps: The projected savings were minimal. That matters because a home's heating…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (683+ words) Conflicting advice from two surveyors left a U.K. homeowner unsure whether a planned heat pump installation would force changes to a pump-powered shower. In a Reddit thread in r/ukheatpumps, the original poster said one local Heat Geek installer did not…...