The latest Green Energy Scam : Heat pumps in Canada 🇨🇦

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Don’t get scammed into installing a Heat pump if you live anywhere that gets colder than - 20 Celsius …

I see people promoting this Technology here in Canada.

The units use power and refrigerant to transfer heat back and forth between outside and indoors. In cooler weather, it pulls warm air into a house; in the summer, it sucks the warm air from inside and transfers it outside.

Tip: there is no warm air in the outside when the temperatures drop below - 20 Celsius.

There was this project last year that installed Heat pumps in a glass link between 2 Commercial buildings.

The heat pumps stopped working when the Temperature dipped below - 25 Celsius. The sprinklers froze, burst and flooded the link and adjacent offices.

Complete disaster.

The average heat pump unit will cost you about double what a comparable air conditioning unit does. A standard unit can function as a heater until about 0 degrees Celsius, but can also provide cooling in the summer.

B.C. Hydro says heat pumps are up to 50 per cent more energy efficient than a window air conditioning unit. They cost anywhere from $6,000 to $18,000 for a full system.

Heat pump technology is starting to gain momentum in Canada, but Alberta's cold winters and prohibitive costs may be a roadblock to its popularity in this province.

Electric heat pumps have been billed as a cheaper, greener way to heat and cool homes.

Cheaper ???

New developments in the technology have also adapted the units to make them more effective in colder climates. However, those units can cost up to five times more than an air conditioner.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-too-cold-for-heat-pumps-1.6560215

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Heat pumps have been around for decades. They were always intended to switch to a backup furnace for extreme cold. They work amazingly well at or above 15 C or 20 F. They are extremely efficient, above that temperature! I installed a 2.5 ton/ 24,000 BTU mini split two years ago......
Complete purchase price $1,600😀
Below 20F, I'll toss another log on the fire, but for energy savings heating and cooling I always recommend installing a Mini-split heat pump!😀

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We get a lot of days of -20 Celsius here in Canada… so you definitely need a secondary heating source. Wood, natural gas, electric etc etc ….

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Definitely my friend, I always crank up the wood stove when it's that cold😀😇

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