11-10-2023, 08:46 PM
If it's of any use, we have two air/air heat pumps servicing our house here in France, which produce conditioned air in the summer or heated air in the winter. There are no radiators, just blown air from either a wall mounted unit or ducted via a unit in the loft space. Our electricity bills are quite normal which even with recent price rises amount to no more than just over 200€ per month, and that includes powering a swimming pool pump, two fridge freezers, a 300 litre water heater and all the other domestic white goods (we are all electric - no gas here).
Whilst solar panels work well down here, they are expensive, and ugly and at my age I doubt that any installation would be a worthwhile investment. The air-con, however has been working faultlessly and efficiently for the past 15 years.
We do also have a wood burner in the main living room, but the heat given out by the reversible air conditioning (which is everywhere) is more than adequate.
Whilst solar panels work well down here, they are expensive, and ugly and at my age I doubt that any installation would be a worthwhile investment. The air-con, however has been working faultlessly and efficiently for the past 15 years.
We do also have a wood burner in the main living room, but the heat given out by the reversible air conditioning (which is everywhere) is more than adequate.