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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by affgrff2 on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:26AM (#32139462)
Have you considered using a heat pump for cooling?
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by beojan on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:34AM (#32139544)
That's what AC is.
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by affgrff2 on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:01PM (#32140535)
You are basically right. What I meant is using a geothermal heat pump to cool using the underfloor heating system. (I lack the proper English vocabulary for this domain, I hope you get what I mean).
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Re:Britain has declared a national emergency because of the ... by noir_lord on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:13PM (#32141463)
In the UK, ground source heat pumps are fairly common.

I'm leaning more towards PV panels on the roof to offset the AC.

It's the UK, I'd actually need to use the AC maybe 20-30 days a year for a few hours and maybe an hour a day in the summer just to get the temp down before bed.

PV panels would easily offset that.

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