• Wanderer@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I lived in a campsite with an old 9kw heat pump and I couldn’t tell if it was on from the other side of the garden (which was as long as the house). Anything that is mechanical and moves got a chance of making a noise but it doesn’t mean all of them do. We also had one inside the house for the hot water and when that was new I had to open the door to the utilities room to even know it was on.

    All you can hear is a fan spinning.

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      8 months ago

      maybe i got lucky to somehow hear them over my tinnitus. and no, if you live around them long enough, its not just a fan spinning (which will get noisy over time when they get manky and imbalanced, which in turn causes secondary vibrations). personally, i prefer air to air heatpumps i had when i lived in nz. not the noisy bastards i put up with in sweden.

      that said, despite my hearing loss and tinnitus, i can pick up on annoying sounds nobody notices until i point them out.