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Re:Direct Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries by voisin on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @07:15PM (#37502905)
Is that true? I’ve got a heat pump water heater that’s 400% efficient versus direct heating would be somewhere less than 100%, no?
Re:Direct Solar Power: Off-Grid Without Batteries by hattmall on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @11:50PM (#37504774)
I think I read it ends up being close with solar heat still winning. The panels have a range of effectiveness and the heat pump isn't always 400%. The solar thermal is cheap too so even if efficiency were superior with PV panels it would still only be useful if you just had a massive excess of wattage.