How do heat pumps work and how are they so efficient?

teflocarbon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 39 points –

We recently had our heater changed to a heat pump and whilst producing the same amount of heat, it's also very energy efficient, using a good chunk less energy than our previous heater.

How do they work and how are they so damn efficient?

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Wow, that's amazing. Thanks for such a great explanation!!

I'd never thought of the cooling pipe used in CPUs before, but it's really no different

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