On Apr 10, 8:32 am, wrote:
On Apr 9, 11:28 pm, Larry The Snake Guy wrote:

Duh... Now that I think about it, I'm sure the reason a heat pump can
be so efficient is because if the compressor is inside, most of the
electricity it uses is also converted to heat inside the house on top
of what it brings in from the outside...

And of course, you're wrong. As someone explained very well earlier,
a heat pump is efficient because it's MOVING heat, rather than
generating it. Modern heat pumps can generate more heat for the same
Kwh than resistance heaters, even when the outside temp drop into the
teens. BTW, the compresors in the ones I've seen are outside.

I understand what they do, and I said I knew nothing about how
efficient they were at doing it (for the sake of argument, not taking
anyone's word as correct on that). My point was that even if one
happened to be very inefficient at moving heat, it would be, at worst,
atill be functioning as a pretty good radiant heater (as does almost
anything else that uses electricity).