T&T: Resistive Heating vs. Heat Pumps (was: Hurricane, Webasto or Espa)

[Alec McLocklin (amclockl)]

All,

With resistive heating, you are using the electricity to generate the
heat. With a heat pump, you are only using the electricity to move the
existing heat from the water to the air, not to generate the heat in the
first place.
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If you had a hose connecting to the raw water pump that dropped lower in
the water where in the summer it is always cooler, would that provide
for a greater efficiency for the air conditioning cool mode? There is a
dramatic difference in temperature just 6 to 8 feet lower than the
surface temp.

Alec
GB49 Alaskan
Northport NY