If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by Don Ocean on November 13, 2008, 9:31 pm
mmoore@bso.org wrote:
> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt through
>>> the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door to the closet.
>>> The problem is that the closet is real drafty - cold air leaks into
>>> the living room right through the louvered door. I've tried to seal
>>> around the wall sleeve as much as I can inside the closet, but I'm
>>> wondering if I can replace the louvered door with a regular door or
>>> cover the bottom louvers and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in
>>> the closet and keep the cold from leaking in.
>>> If I did this would I be affecting the performance of the heat pump?
>>> Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the bottom of
>>> the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>> Thanks in advance.
>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.
>
> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one can
> do; but I also can't
> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
> reply about the
> closet door that would be great.
>
> Thanks
That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
dick with it.
|
|
Posted by ftwhd@home.com on November 13, 2008, 9:38 pm
wrote:
>mmoore@bso.org wrote:
>> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:
>>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt through
>>>> the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door to the closet.
>>>> The problem is that the closet is real drafty - cold air leaks into
>>>> the living room right through the louvered door. I've tried to seal
>>>> around the wall sleeve as much as I can inside the closet, but I'm
>>>> wondering if I can replace the louvered door with a regular door or
>>>> cover the bottom louvers and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in
>>>> the closet and keep the cold from leaking in.
>>>> If I did this would I be affecting the performance of the heat pump?
>>>> Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the bottom of
>>>> the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.
>>
>> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one can
>> do; but I also can't
>> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
>> reply about the
>> closet door that would be great.
>>
>> Thanks
>That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
>dick with it.
Combustion air on a heat pump?
|
|
Posted by Don Ocean on November 13, 2008, 9:57 pm
ftwhd@home.com wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> mmoore@bso.org wrote:
>>> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt through
>>>>> the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door to the closet.
>>>>> The problem is that the closet is real drafty - cold air leaks into
>>>>> the living room right through the louvered door. I've tried to seal
>>>>> around the wall sleeve as much as I can inside the closet, but I'm
>>>>> wondering if I can replace the louvered door with a regular door or
>>>>> cover the bottom louvers and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in
>>>>> the closet and keep the cold from leaking in.
>>>>> If I did this would I be affecting the performance of the heat pump?
>>>>> Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the bottom of
>>>>> the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>>>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>>>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.
>>> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one can
>>> do; but I also can't
>>> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
>>> reply about the
>>> closet door that would be great.
>>> Thanks
>> That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
>> dick with it.
>
> Combustion air on a heat pump?
Is it possible that Heat pump has a gas furnace for very cold weather> A
condo usually has a Air to air Heat pump. This guy does live in the
Boston area. Not exactly the tropics in the winter.
|
|
Posted by ftwhd@home.com on November 13, 2008, 10:01 pm
wrote:
>ftwhd@home.com wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> mmoore@bso.org wrote:
>>>> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt through
>>>>>> the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door to the closet.
>>>>>> The problem is that the closet is real drafty - cold air leaks into
>>>>>> the living room right through the louvered door. I've tried to seal
>>>>>> around the wall sleeve as much as I can inside the closet, but I'm
>>>>>> wondering if I can replace the louvered door with a regular door or
>>>>>> cover the bottom louvers and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in
>>>>>> the closet and keep the cold from leaking in.
>>>>>> If I did this would I be affecting the performance of the heat pump?
>>>>>> Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the bottom of
>>>>>> the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>>>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>>>>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>>>>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.
>>>> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one can
>>>> do; but I also can't
>>>> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
>>>> reply about the
>>>> closet door that would be great.
>>>> Thanks
>>> That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
>>> dick with it.
>>
>> Combustion air on a heat pump?
>Is it possible that Heat pump has a gas furnace for very cold weather> A
>condo usually has a Air to air Heat pump. This guy does live in the
>Boston area. Not exactly the tropics in the winter.
Yeah and not exactly prime heat pump territory.
|
|
Posted by Zyp on November 17, 2008, 1:14 am
Don Ocean wrote:
> ftwhd@home.com wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> mmoore@bso.org wrote:
>>>> On Nov 13, 9:30 am, ftwhd wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:15 -0800 (PST), bostonmoo...@gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I live on the 4th floor of a condo with a 20 year Carrier 50Qt
>>>>>> through the wall electric heat pump. There is a louvered door
>>>>>> to the closet. The problem is that the closet is real drafty -
>>>>>> cold air leaks into the living room right through the louvered
>>>>>> door. I've tried to seal around the wall sleeve as much as I
>>>>>> can inside the closet, but I'm wondering if I can replace the
>>>>>> louvered door with a regular door or cover the bottom louvers
>>>>>> and put a draft stopper to keep the drafts in the closet and
>>>>>> keep the cold from leaking in. If I did this would I be affecting the
>>>>>> performance of the heat
>>>>>> pump? Am I not considering return-air? There is a filter at the
>>>>>> bottom of the heat pump that I replace on a monthly basis.
>>>>>> There are no other appliances in this closet.
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>> Seeing as how the 20 yo heat pump is in fact 20 yo, it will affect
>>>>> effiency more than a drafty closet you daft knob. You're welcome.
>>>>> I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.
>>>> I realize its 20 years old and is not efficient to what a new one
>>>> can do; but I also can't
>>>> afford at this time right now a new system; so if someone can just
>>>> reply about the
>>>> closet door that would be great.
>>>> Thanks
>>> That louvered door allows combustion air to enter the furnace. Don't
>>> dick with it.
>> Combustion air on a heat pump?
> Is it possible that Heat pump has a gas furnace for very cold
> weather> A condo usually has a Air to air Heat pump. This guy does
> live in the Boston area. Not exactly the tropics in the winter.
A 50QT is a package unit - Carrier, not a gas fired heater.
--
Zyp
|
Page 2 of 6 < 1 2 3 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Heat Pump question | July 3, 2006, 11:25 pm |
| Heat Pump question | December 23, 2006, 8:37 am |
| Heat pump question | December 25, 2007, 8:18 am |
| Heat pump fan/relay question | July 31, 2007, 2:16 am |
| heat pump thermostat question | December 3, 2007, 4:06 pm |
| New Heat Pump - Setup question | December 14, 2007, 2:59 pm |
| heat pump with gas furnace question | January 1, 2009, 5:03 pm |
| New Ruud heat pump question/possible problem | December 29, 2008, 1:07 pm |
| Building a furnace closet | July 23, 2006, 2:22 am |
| first time home owner electirc base heat no ac or heat pump what to do? | April 4, 2007, 8:08 pm |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap