Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of natural gas furnaces.

  • Pxtl
    51·
    11 months ago

    I mean you’re in SK, that’s kind of an extreme case. Most Canadians live in parts of the country with more moderate weather, where it only goes below -20 on the absolute coldest night of the year, if at all. I mean “backup” could just mean a couple of 1500 watt space heaters in the closet if you find the pump isn’t cutting it - yes you’ll burn through your heating bill but it’s going to be for maybe a couple of nights tops.

    • june 🌿@lemmy.sdf.org
      6·
      11 months ago

      Ottawa has weeks at a time where it’s below -20? I think the GTA is similar. The past two winters here in NS we’ve had to have our baseboard heaters on in addition to our heat pumps multiple times through the winters because it was much colder than -20?

    • kent_eh
      2·
      11 months ago

      I mean you’re in SK, that’s kind of an extreme case. Most Canadians live in parts of the country with more moderate weather,

      In Manitoba (which gets the same or worse winters as Sask) heat pumps can make sense.

      But that’s because our electricity is much less expensive.

      • Pxtl
        2·
        11 months ago

        Yup. Hooray for plentiful hydro! I always think it’s funny how MB gets grouped into the petro-provinces as The West on environmental arguments you’re not part of the carbon-intensive area of Canada. (edit: wrong abbrev.)