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Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping

Technology Connections · 1.2M views · 2022-04-13 · 46:33

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Overview

Technology Connections' long closing video in his heat pump series, arguing that adopting heat pumps is well within reach. It explains how they work and what it takes to start using them.

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HN recommends the series as an enthusiastic, entertaining deep dive into residential heat pumps whenever heating or climate threads arise.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

Topics

Power grid, heating & buildingsRenewables, batteries & storage
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heatinghvacenergy efficiencyhome electrificationresidential

What people said

sushiburps · 2023-02 · Strong recommendation

Highly recommend the YouTube channel 'Technology Connections' videos on heat pumps: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]

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nayuki · 2023-01 · Recommendation

He made several excellent videos explaining residential heat pumps: [2021-02-28] [LINK] "Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating" (35m14s) [2021-04-01] [LINK] "Ground Source / Geothermal Heat Pumps and Other Info" (28m03s) [2022-03-26] [LINK] "Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now" (21m02s) [2022-04-13] [VIDEO] "Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping" (46m32s)

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the-alchemist · 2022-12 · Recommendation

If you want an (entertaining) deep dive into heat pumps, I can recommend Technology Connection's [VIDEO] and its followup, [LINK]

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