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Do you need a backup heat source with central heat pumps in a power outage?
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Do heat pumps need a backup heat source?

...heaters, generators, gas cooktops or ovens).  While studying major U.S. power outages between 2007 and 2018, researchers found that carbon monoxide poisonings spiked during those disruptions, And, in 2021, when a winter storm swept across Texas causing a massive power outage, more than 1,400 people reportedly ended up ...