Oh yes! It is much cheaper to run a heat pump than direct electric heat. Driving a compressor generates a certain amount of heat and it is true that some energy loss through the sound however because heat is being extracted from the air or water or soil or what ever rather than totally created by the consumption of electricity it is much more efficient. It is called a heat pump because most of the energy is used in pumping heat from one source to another.
If driving a pump to move hot water from a geyser under the floor of the house to heat it is a reasonable example you are using a small amount of electricity to heat the home. Nothing is free of course but the ambient temperature of the earth is replenished by energy generated in other ways we don't have easy access to. there is some cost in retrieving that for sure. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] What Do You Want Information ON? Actually, I think that a heat pump is supposed to be more efficient than just straight electric heat, but not exactly sure how it works out that way. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
