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Riffing off the earlier post about heat pumps in cold weather (https://lemmy.world/post/10270502), how much noise does your heat pump make?

We're sandwiched between houses with traditional AC units and in the summer the noise level from each is oppressive. Would I be producing the same amount of noise, year round, if I install a heat pump?

EDIT: the AC units to either side of us are old (at least 10 years) and probably cheaper models. Maybe newer/better ones are quieter?

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

We have used heat pump for A/C and heat in Florida for, well, I don't know how long but the house I bought in the early 90s had one, and it was old enough we had to replace it, and the replacement lasted 20 years, so it's not a new technology.

Yes they make noise, especially when starting up, but as someone else noted, your windows are closed when you run it, it's not that loud. Not as loud as window units were.