Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoHeat pumps continue to push fossil fuels out of Canadian homes440megatonnes.caexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down12
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minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIf you have AC you already have a heat pump
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIf you have AC you have 98% of a bidirectional heat pump and likely no way to easily convert it to bidirectional.
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoAir Conditioning only heat pumps should be taxed extra to entice people to get a real heat pump.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI thought the vast majority installed in the past few decades could do both?
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoThat really depends on where you live. The option wasn’t even mentioned when my furnace was replaced a few years ago, and when I checked my AC model, it was not listed as a heat pump.
If you have AC you already have a heat pump
If you have AC you have 98% of a bidirectional heat pump and likely no way to easily convert it to bidirectional.
Air Conditioning only heat pumps should be taxed extra to entice people to get a real heat pump.
Absolutely agree.
I thought the vast majority installed in the past few decades could do both?
That really depends on where you live. The option wasn’t even mentioned when my furnace was replaced a few years ago, and when I checked my AC model, it was not listed as a heat pump.