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Letter: Heat pump measure

Published 4 September 2013

From Alan Watson

Steve Elliott was surprised to learn that heat pumps can “operate at 300 to 400 per cent efficiency” (Feedback, 20 July), but was reassured by reader Barry Manor (10 August, p 31). However, what Manor describes is the coefficient of performance, a measure of the efficacy, not the efficiency, of the heat pump.

Pollença, Mallorca, Spain

Issue no. 2933 published 7 September 2013

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