Re: Re: OT: Anybody got a heat pump

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The downside being that electricity is roughly three times as expensive as
gas.

The fuel cost of running a heat pump is about the same as conventional gas
central heating.  The installation cost of course is far, far higher, and I
suspect the maintenance costs would be too, with qualified engineers thin
on
the ground.

I'd steer clear of heat-pumps for space heating until they become more
efficient.

Mal


----- Original Message -----
From: "mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 7:04 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OT: Anybody got a heat pump


>
> The reason you use it as a heater is that, while expensive to install,
> it is relatively efficient - typically you might get 3 times the
> amount of heat pumped in from your lake for a given amount of
> electricity as you would simply by using the electricity to power a
> heating element. The "free energy" is, obviously, coming at
the
> expense of cooling down somewhere else.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>