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Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of natural gas furnaces.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Air conditioners literally are heat pumps.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Technically, but they're only one way.

The ones sold as "heat pumps" can operate both directions-- cool the outside world/heat your home in winter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. I had wondered whether air conditioners could be made reversible. Neat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Another commenter claims all you need is one more valve. I suspect the design changes are slightly more involved than that, but in principle it's certainly doable.

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