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<blockquote data-quote="Rruuff Day" data-source="post: 322360" data-attributes="member: 2217"><p>Once the outside temp goes below about -12, heat pumps aren't the answer. They will suck energy trying to keep up. I know a person that built only with heat pumps in the house and is now regretting even getting one. Then he thought another one would help. He now has 4 of them and is still cursing his decision. maybe in the Maritimes where the winter temps seldom get past that they might be ok but not for -30 climates. When I remodeled and added on to our 100 year old home last year I beefed up the insulation and air tightness and installed a Vermont Castings cast iron air tight wood stove. At -30, if I want to keep the fire burning, it's eaay to keep the entire house uncomfortably warm. Our N/G furnace never ran at all last winter other than a couple days per month to keep the unfinished basement from turning into a freezer. </p><p>[USER=1852]@Black 03 Z06[/USER] has a heat pump and may chime in with his thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rruuff Day, post: 322360, member: 2217"] Once the outside temp goes below about -12, heat pumps aren't the answer. They will suck energy trying to keep up. I know a person that built only with heat pumps in the house and is now regretting even getting one. Then he thought another one would help. He now has 4 of them and is still cursing his decision. maybe in the Maritimes where the winter temps seldom get past that they might be ok but not for -30 climates. When I remodeled and added on to our 100 year old home last year I beefed up the insulation and air tightness and installed a Vermont Castings cast iron air tight wood stove. At -30, if I want to keep the fire burning, it's eaay to keep the entire house uncomfortably warm. Our N/G furnace never ran at all last winter other than a couple days per month to keep the unfinished basement from turning into a freezer. [USER=1852]@Black 03 Z06[/USER] has a heat pump and may chime in with his thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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