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.

  • jerkface
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    1 year ago

    Air conditioners literally are heat pumps.

    • Smatt
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      1 year ago

      Technically, but they’re only one way.

      The ones sold as “heat pumps” can operate both directions-- cool the outside world/heat your home in winter.