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What temperature do you keep your thermostat at? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by sudoroot@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Title. We keep ours at 75F, parents do 77F, and in laws 68F. It made me curious what everyone else keeps theirs at?

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[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh OK! They're called reverse cycle air conditioners in Australia. I like that name because it better reflects what the system actually is.

A heat pump is just a device that moves heat from one place to another, using refrigerant. A bunch of things have heat pumps in them. Your fridge uses a heat pump (a fridge is really the same concept as an air conditioner - move the heat from inside the fridge to outside the fridge). You can get clothes dryers and water heaters that use heat pumps too.