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Also, just for chatter.... one of the guys that's soon to do solar and lives in three shipping containers here was discussing heating and cooling. He said he has 120v plug in oil heaters because electric heat is the most efficient you can get. I stopped him right there. A heatpump can MOVE heat whereas electric heat has to MAKE heat. I told him the heat pump will do the same heating for 1/5th the energy. He didn't believe it... so I pulled up the recently commissioned system and showed him the whole house lights, tv and heating was pulling 1600w when the temperature was around 40f. His mouth started to drop.... We called that guy on the phone and he explained to my guy that he had 4 minisplits running and the house is about 1400sq ft (140m2). Now my friend is literally gobsmacked. I'm betting he can heat and cool one of his 40ft shipping containers for 170-200w of power.