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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
Heat pumps are about as efficient as you can get. However below a certain temperature, they can't extract enough heat from the air so they usually have an electric heating strip that turns on to provide heat at that point. When it does that, I suspect that oil filled electric radiators in individual rooms would give you a more efficient heat than air blowing across the heat strip. You'd have to figure out at what temperature your heat strip is coming on and use the radiators at that time.
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Thanks for the info. I do know when it's especially cold outside, the heat is on nearly 24 hours/day. I keep it set at about 68 degrees. Looks like I'll stick with what I'm doing now: heat pump with a oil filled radiator in the sun room, the coldest room in the condo, to supliment heat.
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