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Old 05-12-2022, 09:20 PM   #84 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
High Altitude Hybrid
 
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Location: Gunnison, CO
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
If they can get wood for free, that's the way to go.
Sadly no. You'd think with all the dead forests they'd be paying people to clear them. I might actually go help some friends tomorrow who are fleeing from a forest fire south of here.

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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
My current heat pump is a SEER 24 unit that will deliver full rated BTU down to 0F and reduced heat down to -22F. So that should likely cover most days but you may need to supplement with some wood.

If you get 4 feet of snow you put the outside unit more than 4 feet off the ground. Wall based mounting is typical in most of the world - I'm not sure why we mount most of ours on the ground in the USA.
There are days where it can get as low as -40°F. I guess I'd have to research what heat pumps would keep the home from freezing in a worse case scenario. There have got to be heat pump units that switch to resistance heat when it's too cold for the heat pump to opperate.

I had never heard of wall mounted heat pump unit. Thanks!
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