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2. Thermostat - Wikipedia

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   The illustration is the interior of a common two wire heat-only household thermostat, used to regulate a gas-fired heater via an electric gas valve. Similar mechanisms may also be used to control oil furnaces, boilers, boiler zone valves , electric attic fans, electric furnaces, electric baseboard heaters, and household appliances such as ...

3. Central heating - Wikipedia

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   An air source heat pump can be used to air condition the building during hot weather, and to warm the building using heat extracted from outdoor air in cold weather. Air-source heat pumps are generally uneconomic for outdoor temperatures much below freezing. In colder climates, geothermal heat pumps can be used to extract heat from the ground ...

4. Radiator (heating) - Wikipedia

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   A radiator is a device that transfers heat to a medium primarily through thermal radiation.In practice, the term radiator is often applied to any number of devices in which a fluid circulates through exposed pipes (often with fins or other means of increasing surface area), notwithstanding that such devices tend to transfer heat mainly by convection and might logically be called convectors.

5. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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   Electrical heaters are often used as backup or supplemental heat for heat pump systems. The heat pump gained popularity in the 1950s in Japan and the United States. [14] Heat pumps can extract heat from various sources, such as environmental air, exhaust air from a building, or from the ground. Heat pumps transfer heat from outside the ...

6. Register (air and heating) - Wikipedia

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   Floor registers generally have a grille strong enough for a human being to walk on without damaging the grille. It is rare to find a floor register installed less than 6 inches (15 cm) from the corner of a room. [8] When a floor register is not practical or desired, a wall register is used. The correct placement of wall heating registers is ...

7. Underfloor heating - Wikipedia

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   Heat pumps and chillers powered by: Electricity; Natural gas; Geothermal heat pump; Underfloor heating is particularly suitable when the energy source is a heat pump, because underfloor heating uses lower water temperatures than systems using radiators, which improves the efficiency of the heat pump. [29]