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You need to first work out your heat load for the house which depends on lots of factors. (Insulation, exposure, window area etc.). Since most heat pumps give an efficiency ratio of no more than 4 to 1. This means for every kilowatt of electricity you burn driving the pump you will get 4 kilowatts of heat. So if you think you can heat your house with 12 kilowatts of electric fires then you heat it with a 4 or 5 kilowatt heat pump. The trick with heat pumps is to find a good source of low grade heat that is still there in the winter. Ground coils, bore holes , streams, even pools, are all better than air to air systems because when you need most heat the air outside is coldest.
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How many kw heating do you need to heat up a 700 square meter house?
The answer will depend onthe ambient temperature, and other atmospheric conditions,the temperature to which the house is heated, andthe insulation of the various materials in the house.
Would the electricity needed to heat a house come from a generator or a dry cell?
a generator would prodution the heat to a house.
How many BTU per square feet on baseboard heat?
You need 100W per square meter. 100W equals around 341.3BTU. 1 square meter are around 10.7 square feet. You therefore need around 32 BTU per square foot.
How much does underfloor heating cost per square meter?
For a new build it can cost between £9 - £12 per square meter depending on level of insulation and heat source.Generally when using a heat pump you want to put more pipe in the floor so you can run your heat pump as low as possible.
How many BTUs to heat a 500 square foot house?
about 12,000
How many Kilowatts are required to heat a 600 cubic meter house?
Tell me how to comprehend a tesseract, then I will help you...
How many btus are needed to heat a sixty square foot room?
its usually about 20 btu's per square foot
What size and type of heat pump is needed for 350 square foot house?
buy a window, thru the wall, or portable unit. you can size it wherever you buy it. they will have a chart of some sort to size it for you.
How many btu's to heat 2400 square feet?
approx 80,000 if your house has average insulation and heat loss.
How many square feet does a 40000 btu heater heat?
Will a 40,000 btu furnace be enough to heat my 1375 square foot middle unit town house.
How much does it costs to heat a 1000 square ft house?
one trillion pesos
How do you figure how big a furnace do to heat a home?
You take the size of your home in square feet and times it by how many rooms you have. A 70,000 BTU furnace will heat a house 1600 square feet.
