Re: xkcd: Neighbor-Source Heat Pump

On 08/06/2025 00:51, Ted Goldblatt wrote:

On 6/7/2025 5:46 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Neighbor-Source Heat Pump
    https://xkcd.com/3099/
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As a thermodynamics specialist, I love it !  However, if their insulation is real good then it won’t work.
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Explained at:
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3099:_Neighbor- Source_Heat_Pump
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Lynn
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Per the "title" text (which I don't can't seem to get to display on a computer, just on a mobile device), the pipes are installed inside of the insulation (which it says can be challenging since the neighbor could come home at any time).

I use the third-party "Explain xkcd" site,
<https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>
A day after the expected publication dates -
this time, I'd forgotten.
Referring to <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_source_heat_pump>
An "air to air heat pump" provides heating
or cooling.  In Scotland we mostly talk
about home heating, but on a few days in
a year, indoors is too hot.  But I think
the hear pumps we're offered are for heating
only.  But I do share a wall with the
nearest neighbour...