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Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping

Technology Connections · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Power grid, heating & buildingsRenewables, batteries & storage

What it is

Technology Connections' long closing video in his heat pump series, arguing that adopting heat pumps is well within reach. It explains how they work and what it takes to start using them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends the series as an enthusiastic, entertaining deep dive into residential heat pumps whenever heating or climate threads arise.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommend the YouTube channel 'Technology Connections' videos on heat pumps”

    Technology Connections videos on heat pumps

    sushiburps, 2023-02 · Strong recommendation · in “200-year old heat pump technology is back”

  2. “Technology Connections on Youtube has a great video series on how heat pumps work”

    Guide for getting a heat pump

    mtlmtlmtlmtl, 2022-06 · Recommendation · in “DOE announces breakthrough in residential cold climate heat pump technology”

  3. “This guy gets really excited about heat pumps”

    Enthusiastic explainer on heat pumps

    pfdietz, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for heating”

  4. “If you want an (entertaining) deep dive into heat pumps, I can recommend Technology Connection's”

    Entertaining deep dive into heat pumps

    the-alchemist, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “US companies are producing heat pumps that work below -20F(-28C)”

  5. “He made several excellent videos explaining residential heat pumps”

    One of several excellent videos on residential heat pumps

    nayuki, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Do heat pumps work in cold climates?”

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Topics: heating, hvac, energy efficiency, home electrification, residential

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