Would you be willing to share how old you are? When I was younger I was a little more blase about it, but now I’m about 40 and thinking damn I wish I had savings and more in my 401k
I talked to a tech about it. His advice was that it depends on the type. Heat pump water heater is about sound of a stove exhaust fan, with a higher pitch. No bass.
Heat pump for room heating is lower pitch. Not bassy. But there are regs in some cities about how close to property lines they can be.
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13 year old heat pump owner here. It sounds like a normal AC running outside. It gets a bit loud in certain moments when it runs some exhaust cycle - not sure of the term for it - but that just happen sporadically here and there and lasts no longer than a few seconds.
The “exhaust cycle” is defrost. When running in winter heat pump mode the outside coils will freeze over and must be periodically defrosted by warming them back up, else the system will stop moving heat effectively.
Varies by heat pump but some simply have a valve that self recirculates the refrigerant without entering the house, as all the compressor power turns into heat work to melt the ice, and is also why they get noisier.
Like with AC units, there are quiet heat pumps and loud heat pumps.
I would look online for reviews that talk about sound. Look for information about decibels and or sones. A lot of manufacturers publish that info.
You might also want to see if anyone has published anything about the sound your models put out. That way you have a baseline number to compare new unit specs to.
It’s as noisy as an air conditioner. Because it is an air conditioner — just run in reverse. Some AC compressors are noisier than others depending on manufacturer and quality.
That said, the two noisy parts are in my basement and outside, so meh, whatever. It’s never bothered me. Every now and then I’ll be in the basement when it kicks on, and it’s mostly just reassuring, like at least that things still working fine.
We have two buildings on our property with mini split heat pumps. Both are very quiet. They can be a bit noisy indoors if you turn the fan above the medium setting. It’s basically silent on the low fan setting. Low is plenty for both heating and cooling.
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