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Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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In this context is a "heat pump" the same thing as an inverter air conditioner?
A split system.
That's what most of Australia uses and looks like the pic but Ive never heard them called a heat pump.
A split system AC is a heat pump in any context. So is a refrigerator. They're all the same technology that move energy via a refrigerant's latent heat by compressing it into a warm part and letting it expand into a cold part.
Cool, thanks. In that case it's about one month until I can't live without my heat pumps. They stop my balls from sticking to my leg.