CENTRAL MAINE • October 30, 2024
This is a cautionary tale, not about heat pumps, but about new technology. We got badly burned on the original heat pump installed in 2009. Then, the mini-split did not heat the house as depicted. Some friends speak highly of their mini-splits; others gripe about the fan and limitations on heat circulation. You just want to make sure how much heat will actually get pushed down from the ceiling, where most people do not spend much time, into the places where you usually live, before you hook up one. Or two. Or three. Battling the human-induced warming of the planet has been a long, strange trip here in Troy. And this is apt to be just part of the first installment of a much longer story. The changing climate and the electric utilities have a lot more in store for us in coming years. ~ Dana Wilde