Immediately available heat pump: Efficient against heat and cold with a split air conditioning system

At the World Cup in Qatar, the stadiums will be cooled, while the TV viewer in Germany has to sit in a cold apartment.

One reads it like this or something similar these days, the impending gas shortage in the coming winter dominates the reporting. The threatening cold in winter is currently only trumped by the threatening heat in the next few summer days with temperatures well above 30 degrees in the media presence.

An obvious solution to both problems is to install a heat pump. This is because it is able to heat very efficiently on cold days. And with the same principle of heat exchange using a refrigerant, but a reverse circuit between the house and the outside world, a heat pump can also cool the house very efficiently.

But there are several catches:

• Heat pumps are currently in short supply with long waiting times for heating and specialist trades
• The installation of a heat pump with heating and cooling function is only easy to implement in new buildings
• Installing or replacing a complete heating system is a five-figure investment

But there’s a little-known solution to these problems: you can Split air conditioners as heat pump heating to use. Although the “as” is actually not correct, because basically the split air conditioning system is a small heat pump, both systems are based on the same principle.

And because a split air conditioning system is a small heat pump, it also works just as efficiently: In contrast to other types of heating with energy sources such as natural gas or heating oil, one kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity used here produces more than one kWh of heating output. Four to six kWh, that is the heating yield with a heat pump, while almost all other energy sources are significantly less efficient.

So having a split air conditioner will keep you cool for next week’s Tour de France finale and the heat on your doorstep, while investing in a split air conditioner for the Winter World Cup will keep you warm even if you otherwise uses a gas heater. Of course, you will not be able to cool and heat an entire house or apartment with the purchase of a single split air conditioner. For individual rooms, however, it is a short-term available and very efficient method for both heating and cooling. With a little skill, it can also be installed without a specialist, only the final commissioning has to be carried out by a specialist company.

We looked around and here are the best offers for split air conditioners that are suitable as heat pump heating:

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