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Originally Posted by mpolli
AKA groun source heat pump. Heat pumps are interesting in that they can put out more energy in heat than they consume in electricity. The reason is because it is not producing the heat, just moving it from one place to another. Most heat pumps are "air source". So they have limitations in very cold weather. Ground source solves that issue.
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True. I had an air-source heat pump when I lived in Mississippi. It worked fine most of the time, but on those few days when it got much below freezing, the thing didn't keep up so well.
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