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It was a freezing Friday evening early in February 2023, when my boiler broke. An engineer was called, several cold days passed, and his declaration came in sombre tones: ‘uneconomic to repair’. Li…

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just had one installed in Canada during that -30C > -50C cold snap on the prairies. I paired it up with a backup LNG furnace for the coldest of cold snaps we get. It’s only been a couple of weeks but it has not warmed up enough for the pump to kick over. I plan to keep detailed notes this year to compare data.

A lot of the people I know and work with think these things are a fad/gimmick/wont work in Canada… I aim to prove them wrong!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

-50C !!! When did that happen?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

A couple of weeks ago on a Saturday. The actual outside temp was -50 overnight but “feels like” -60.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Here is a comment with a picture of my weather app from that weekend.

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/7759911

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm curious about a similar setup, but want resistive electric heat instead of a gas furnace so that I could completely eliminate the gas bill since you pay fees wether you use gas or not.