The heat pump is an efficient method of heating that moves heat from a cold area to a warmer area. When you first hear that it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. You’re probably asking yourself how you can get heat from a cold area? Let’s take a look at how the heat pump works. How does a Heat Pump Work? So how can you get heat from a cold area? Well, every substance that is above absolute zero has heat energy in it, that can be gathered and transferred to another area, leaving that substance just a little bit colder. That still might not make a lot of sense so let’s take a look at an example that might help you to understand how this works. In your refrigerator, there are components much like in your AC system. You have the two coils and the compressor. Inside the fridge is the evaporator coil […]