On Sat, 15 Oct 2022 08:46:01 -0400 mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I just had a thought. > There's an inverse relationship between altitude and the heat carrying > capacity of a given volume of air. > What does that do to the efficiency of a heat pump, in Flagstaff (7k) > or Moriarty (10k)? Moriarty is 6.2k. > It seems like the thin air would make the temperatures of the two heat > exchangers farther apart. It does. Less efficient transfer of heat to air during the cooling season would make the outside heat exchanger hotter and the inside heat exchanger cooler. I suppose I could calculate what the effect would be. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com