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		rayiner on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heat Pumps – The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs This is fine until everyone in your neighborhood has one and it causes a brown out. (Peak amperage for the heating strips on my heat pump are three times as high as for the heat pump itself at maximum cooling load.)

nielsbot on July 6, 2023 [–]

You can upgrade your home electrical service and the power company handles all that for you.

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