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How a heat pump actually works, in under 20 minutes
8 videos, 1 h 35
8 videos that build up from the box on the wall to the cycle moving heat inside it.
- 01
How a Heat Pump Works | This Old House
This Old House
Starts with the box on the wall and points at each part before naming anything.
- 02
Heat Pumps Explained - How Heat Pumps Work HVAC
The Engineering Mindset
Draws the whole refrigerant loop as an animation, so the cycle stops being abstract.
- 03
How A Heat Pump Works - HVAC
The Engineering Mindset
Adds the reversing valve, the 1 part that explains how heating becomes cooling.
- 04
How heat pumps work for dummies.
Heat Geek
Plain language from an installer, aimed at the person who owns the house.
- 05
How heat pumps REALLY work - BBC World Service
BBC World Service
Answers the question everyone asks: how it still works when it is freezing outside.
- 06
HVAC Heat Pump Basics
HVAC School
The technician version, with the gauges and pressures the animations leave out.
- 07
Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now
Technology Connections
Argues the case rather than describing the machine, and shows the efficiency numbers behind it.
- 08
The Genius Of Hot Water Heat Pumps
Undecided with Matt Ferrell
Applies the same cycle to your water heater, where most people meet one first.
That’s the end.
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