Heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future

Re:Heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of th... by WestCoastJustin on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:29PM (#34405734)

On the west coasts of Canada (BC) we've had insane forest fires the past few years and you 100% want to filter the internal air when it's extremely unhealthy outside. We're talking air quality index in the 300+ range or off the charts at times. Plus, we've had these heat domes were it's in the high 30+ and just gross inside, where you really want to open the windows, but you're letting in tons of pollution. Basically, you need to cool off and filter the air at the same time.

[1] https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/

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Re:Heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of th... by rofo1 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @03:15AM (#34410249)

I have a routine for this scenario: open the windows in the morning for 1-2 hours, then close everything and clean the air internally (I have a 24/7 sensor running and know when the air is good or bad).

That seemed like the easiest thing to do without making much more complicated system. Basically risk 1hour of bad air for 23h of "clean" air.

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Re:Heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of th... by mrexroad on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:52AM (#34414894)

This. We live <50’ from an expressway, so after air sealing and replacing all of our ducts, I added a MERV 16 filter to our air handler. We had the windows open at night a few years back (no ac as well), and I woke up to smell of smoke from a forest fire after the winds changed direction. AQI2.5 was 200+ inside. Closed windows, ran the fan on high and after a couple minutes the AQI throughout the house was within healthy range (tested multiple locations). Unfortunately our furnace model leaves few realistic options for controlling it programmatically, so I still have to manually turn on the fan when AQI drops.

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