Air conditioner as room heater

Reed_Richards

We are making a workshop at the back of our detached garage and I am wondering how to heat it. I thought that an air conditioning unit, which uses a heat pump, would be more efficient form of electrical heating and therefore a greener option. Does this make sense?

zeupater

Reed_Richards wrote: »

We are making a workshop at the back of our detached garage and I am wondering how to heat it. I thought that an air conditioning unit, which uses a heat pump, would be more efficient form of electrical heating and therefore a greener option. Does this make sense?

Hi

... possibly - make yourself a (very big) mug of coffee & wade through this thread for a couple of hours to see if it makes sense for your own project .... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4715287/discussion-ashp-air-air-with-solar-pv

HTH
Z

michaels

So we have a portable A/C where you stick the hot exhaust out the window. With a bit of ingenuity I reckon we could stick it outside and run the exhaust back into the house - in theory as long as it wasn't too cold out this would be cheaper than running an electric heater....

Martyn1981

Reed_Richards wrote: »

We are making a workshop at the back of our detached garage and I am wondering how to heat it. I thought that an air conditioning unit, which uses a heat pump, would be more efficient form of electrical heating and therefore a greener option. Does this make sense?

As per Z's post, a small A/C unit would be great.

If a smaller portable one is good enough, then they too can be bought with heat pump functions. These are the guys I got my fixed unit from, with a page of portable's (some offering heat pump abilities).