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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by brnt on Thursday April 28, 2022 @05:36AM (#31190473)
Naturally a heat pump is more complex and thus more maintenance intensive, but it's worth the investment/cost in energy savings in any calculation I've seen (they do tend to require more maintenance).
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Re:No, you can’t save £30 per year by switching off your “st... by nybble41 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @10:58AM (#31193257)
Cost is one factor, but if you live in, say, rural North Dakota, you may not be able to afford the risk that your main source of heat breaks down in the middle of a blizzard and you can't get anyone in to service it for several days… or weeks. Don't discount the value of predictable reliability.
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