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Is it likely cheaper to use a space heater than full central heating if you literally dont even use much of the space in the house that you never like go anyway? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

If they are speaking about heat pumps then they are technically correct. A heat pump uses energy to move heat from one location to another instead of converting heat from form to form. It's the conversion that causes inefficiency.

I'm not nearly smart enough to properly explain the physics of it but there are plenty of articles and YouTube videos available if you want to go down that rabbit hole.