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   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 10/22/25 08:51, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:34:27 +1100, sjharker@aussiebroadband.com.au   
   > (Stephen Harker) wrote:   
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   >> Titus G  writes:   
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   >>> On 21/10/25 04:51, Paul S Person wrote:   
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   >>>> I don't know about that; I found a few years back where Consumer   
   >>>> Reports stated that the average cost of a heat pump was now around   
   >>>> $8K. When I asked about it back when my furnace was being replaced, it   
   >>>> was around $25K. $25K is quite expensive; $8K is less so (still   
   >>>> expensive, though).   
   >>>   
   >>> Three years ago, I had another heat pump installed for NZ$3K.   
   >>   
   >> I replaced a 20+ year old  head pump (non-inverter) with an inverter   
   >> heat-pump at AUD3.5k for much of the house and a smaller one for AUD2.4k   
   >> for two other roomsin 2022.  I also replaced the gas hot-water unit with   
   >> a heat-pump hot water service. Then I replaced the gas oven and cooktop   
   >> with an electric oven and induction cooktop AUD4k.  Then I had solar   
   >> installed and now have a yearly energy bill of under AUD170 saving about   
   >> AUD1,1k per year.   
   >>   
   >>>> I notice a distinct lack of answers to my question about using WiFi   
   >>>> (or Bluetooth) to control a heat pump. Thus avoiding the pulling of   
   >>>> wires.   
      
   		If you can control it by WiFi or Bluetooth so can someone else.  Maybe as   
   a relatively harmless prank or maybe to overload the heat pump and   
   destroy it or   
   the place it is heating or cooling.   
      
      
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