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veemjeem
1544 days ago
Sadly most popular window a/c units don't have true heat pump abilities. Usually the heating portion of window units use resistive heating.
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Siecje
1544 days ago
Air Conditioners are heat pumps, a water pump moves water and a heat pump moves heat.
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lsaferite
1543 days ago
While technically correct that an AC _is_ a Heat Pump, the current commonly understood meaning of Heat Pump is a Bi-Directional Heat Pump while an AC is a Uni-directional Heat Pump (moving heat outside).
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Siecje
1539 days ago
Only if you work in the industry and located in a specific region.
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