On Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:55:18 +0000, David Scheidt wrote:


:Heat pumps can be a good deal, especially where winters are mild and
:summers are hot enough to need AC. You're paying for AC hardware
compressor, a couple of heat exchangers, etc.) to pump heat out in
:summer, so why not add a few valves to pump heat in during the winter?

You need to catch up. Heating with a heat pump makes sense economically
in quite a lot of the US.

Weirldy you describe the local situation, but many people here either
keep or add additional heating capacity to reverse cycle air-con
installations. It is the economics here. Electricvity as a heater is the
most expensive form and only used by the uneducated.