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Re:Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directl... by alsaaro on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:24AM (#35147729)
Not to be too big picky, but why are the first few photos showing the heat pump with a perspective that implies a small dimensions, as if it were some portable boombox. Also, why do the photos look indoors?

What do you think of thermoacoustic heat pumps?

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Re:Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directl... by cmui on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:56AM (#35147893)
In the future we'll likely show the condenser more in context, a backyard or something similar.

I don't know that much about thermoacoustic heat pumps. I do suspect they're less efficient than a standard vapor compression heat pumps, otherwise that would be their main selling point in the commercialization project underway: https://www.blueheartenergy.com/ourtechnology.

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