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-cat_attack- t1_j41rwkq wrote

I'm very jealous of people who have space to have their laundry equipment inside their house so they can have heat pump dryers as an option. My laundry equipment is in the garage, so a heat pump wouldn't work unless I insulated and heated that portion of the garage. I did consider it, but I mostly hang dry my laundry except bedding, so the cost wasn't worth it to me. I was surprised to learn that heat pump dryers don't work in a garage since I have a heat pump water heater in my garage.

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b1tchlasagna OP t1_j41uqve wrote

FWIW, my parents have one in the cellar which is as cold as a garage. It works pretty well

They stop working so well when you get below 5C which is quite rare, at least in the UK

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-cat_attack- t1_j41vztr wrote

I do not live in the UK. It gets colder than 5 deg C where I live.

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b1tchlasagna OP t1_j420gtg wrote

That's fair. I guess parts of Canada would do that? Does it get below 5C regularly?

If it only goes below 5C a few days in a year, it's not too bad

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-cat_attack- t1_j421sh4 wrote

I don't live in Canada either. It's definitely regularly below 5 deg C for the high temperature in Canada.

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b1tchlasagna OP t1_j424geq wrote

Ah damn. That's a massive shame then. I'd hope they do get better because heat pumps used to not even work in the UK but the technology has moved on since then

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Tack122 t1_j42eozi wrote

The dynamics get even better in the south, where we absolutely need air conditioning.

Heat pump water heater in the house means cheap hot water and free air conditioning.

I haven't picked one yet but it's coming soon, before summer!

I'd really like one I can duct to a external air supply/exhaust in the winter, I have yet to select a model.

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-cat_attack- t1_j42hduh wrote

My water heater is ducted to vent outside of the garage. It looks quite similar to a normal dryer vent, but the ducting is a much larger diameter.

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