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Originally Posted by mwdilday
A heat pump is about 1/3 the energy consumption per BTU of an electric radiant heater. You can get free standing A/C with heat pump but you must have an outside vent.
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Heat pumps are great right up to the point there is no heat to pump.
I spent 45 days in Lexington, KY staying in a Residence Inn. A shot of Canadian air hit town and the temp dropped well below freezing for about a week. Snow too. The rooms were equipped with heat pump units with no heat strips installed. Had to burn Prest O Logs in the fireplace to keep icicles from forming on our noses.
Heat pumps are great when you need a little heat in the winter and A/C in the summer. Only exception in my mind is when your "heat source" is geothermal. Rather than obtaining heat from outside air it's collected from ground water which around my part of the country runs between 50 and 55 degrees.