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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The US Department of Energy along with the state governments of Massachusetts and New York just completed a major study of residential heat pump installations. The study is at: 
https://e4thefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Residential-ccASHP-Building-Electrification_060322.pdf

The report is 156 pages, you don't have to read the whole thing, but on page 12 they have summaries of surveys of customers who replaced a different heating system with an air-source heat pump (ASHP): 
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• Performance issues were uncommon with ASHPs and nearly all customers reported lower bills.
• Customers were highly satisfied with heating and cooling performance (8.5/10 for heating and 9.0/10 for cooling).
• These factors lead to an extremely high likelihood to recommend an ASHP to others (whole-home = 8.9/10 would recommend; primary w/ backup = 9.3/10)[/quote]

Note that both states are quite a bit colder than DC. [/quote]

Some people still want gas heat and that is ok. It is different kind of heat that feels nicer. Environmentalist want to tell us what to do then just "we ask you to like what we want you to do change your mindset it is so easy" but that is not how it works.[/quote]

In an old drafty house you will get cold spots and the hotter air of a gas furnace helps to make up for that. I have a new house that is well-insulated and there are no cold spots, I have heat pumps and I barely notice them at all. [/quote]

+1 this
It's not that gas heat "feels nicer" it's that it works better to warm a leaky house more evenly.[/quote][/quote]

I said what I said. Gas heat feels nicer. Heat pumps move air around a room to make the temp go up. Gas warm the air in a different way.   If all you can offer is a suggestion to make an attitude adjustment in order to align with your preference or agenda, i am not interested.[/quote]

I don't care if you are not interested. What you are saying is said often, is not really accurate and can be confusing for people interested in buying heat pumps. Two things can be true:
1. Heat pumps can work fine in most climates 
2. They don't work fine in every house

And with any HVAC system, choosing the right equipment and proper installation matters. In Maryland contractors are not required to and typically do not do Manual J calculations or blower door tests to size systems. They are usually basing sizing on the existing system and/or their own intuition. Many systems are improperly sized.[/quote]

Well I care about what I have to say and I am not confusing people. Heat pumps do not heat effectively in very very cold weather. Do they work and not malfunction in very cold weather? Yes. They are plugging along happily doing something, they are not disintegrating into a ball of despair, but what they are not doing is making a home comfortably warm. This has been common knowledge for decade but not environmentalist want to change the narrative for their purpose. Just because you want something to be true doesn't mean it is. And no, I am not going to be uncomfortable in my home for the fuzzy concept of "the environment".[/quote]

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