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Posted by James on January 10, 2007, 8:46 am
Adding or increasing the size of the electric heat strips is probably an
option. There is no way you will ever be satisfied with this arrangement.
Straight resistive electric heating is expensive unless you are somewhere
like Florida or the Texas gulf coast. You will spend in electric bills
enough to have bought the heat pump in just a few years. Get the heat pump.
> Hi there...just posted this in alt.home.repair - before I noticed this
> group! Sorry for the duplication...
>
> We recently decided to switch from our old oil furnace to an electric
> system. After doing some research and conferring with the technician
> from a company that does both oil and heat pump systems, we went with
> an air handler that we were assured could heat our home *without* the
> heat pump...the logic here was that at a later point (when we could
> justify the additional $$$ cost), we might install a heat pump and if
> so, would already have the air handler in place.
>
>
> The problem is that the air handler cannot effectively heat the house.
> Our house isn't huge, but it's evidently too large for the two heat
> strips that provide the electric heat through the air handler. It takes
>
> several hours for our house to climb to 66 degrees!
>
>
> In talking with the installing company about this, the service manager
> stated simply that we only purchased half a system and we shouldn't
> have expected it to effectively heat our home, and that the rep told us
>
> as much but we insisted on doing it anyway. Squeegee?? That's not how
> the sales rep represented the situation at all. We were completely
> clear with the rep that we were not interested in purchasing a heat
> pump and he was clear that this air handler would still do the trick.
> Why in the name of all things holy would we purchase a system that was
> more expensive than a regular electric furance solution knowing it
> wouldn't work?? Yeah. Right.
>
>
> Now the company is balking.
>
>
> So my questions are:
>
>
> 1. Does anyone out there have just an air handler heating their home?
> We have a Lennox cvx32MV 024/030 air handler with variable speed fan
> and even heat strips (EvenHeater).
>
>
> 2. Anyone have any idea if additional strips can be added to this
> model? Manufacturer's website is woefully lacking in info...
>
>
> 3. Anyone have any ideas on how to get the installing company to make
> good on their word and guarantee? We think the rep just wasn't well
> informed, but is now fibbing to cover his behind. Any suggestions? They
>
> are a well-respected company with a great reputation and nary a
> complaint to be found...not sure how to help them do the right thing in
>
> this case...
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
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