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Heat Pump comments Mike Dobony 12-08-2007
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Posted by Mike Dobony on December 8, 2007, 9:37 pm
I live in an area that rarely gets any lasting snow (lasting usually until
afternoon and occasionally a few days). I have a forced air furnace that is
ready to be replaced and I want to also upgrade to AC. Financially the heat
pump makes the most sense as it costs little more than AC and I don't have
to pay full price for a furnace then. I have heard comments both good and
bad about heat pumps. For those of you who have heat pumps, what is your
experience?

Mike D.



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Posted by Bubba on December 9, 2007, 2:51 pm
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:37:06 -0600, "Mike Dobony"

>I live in an area that rarely gets any lasting snow (lasting usually until
>afternoon and occasionally a few days). I have a forced air furnace that is
>ready to be replaced and I want to also upgrade to AC. Financially the heat
>pump makes the most sense as it costs little more than AC and I don't have
>to pay full price for a furnace then. I have heard comments both good and
>bad about heat pumps. For those of you who have heat pumps, what is your
>experience?
>
>Mike D.
>

I would always suggest that if you are going to live there for more
than 5 yrs or so, get a 95% gas furnace and a heat pump as a back up
instead of just a normal A/C. This gives you the ability to use both
fuels as you like according to the cost of natural gas and
electricity. Your area needs to be able to support the heat pump so
dont get one if you regularly have temps at 0 and below. I live in an
area where the design temp is 6 degrees. At 15 degrees my heat pump
stat shuts off the heat pump and its all gas then.
Your local hvac dealer should be able to give you all the options.
Bubba

Posted by Oren on December 9, 2007, 5:20 pm
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:37:06 -0600, "Mike Dobony"

>I live in an area that rarely gets any lasting snow (lasting usually until
>afternoon and occasionally a few days). I have a forced air furnace that is
>ready to be replaced and I want to also upgrade to AC. Financially the heat
>pump makes the most sense as it costs little more than AC and I don't have
>to pay full price for a furnace then. I have heard comments both good and
>bad about heat pumps. For those of you who have heat pumps, what is your
>experience?
>
>Mike D.
>

"86 to '89 I had a heat pump ( North Florida Panhandle ), not far from
the coastline. It seldom snowed, but was cold and did freeze now and
then. The warm Gulf breeze help too reduce serious freeze.

Never had a single problem with that system in three years.

Posted by franz frippl on December 9, 2007, 8:10 pm
On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:37:06 -0600, Mike Dobony wrote:

> I live in an area that rarely gets any lasting snow (lasting usually
> until afternoon and occasionally a few days). I have a forced air
> furnace that is ready to be replaced and I want to also upgrade to AC.
> Financially the heat pump makes the most sense as it costs little more
> than AC and I don't have to pay full price for a furnace then. I have
> heard comments both good and bad about heat pumps. For those of you who
> have heat pumps, what is your experience?
>
> Mike D.

I had a heat pump for heating domestic water. Efficient and saved $$.
Down side was that it also chilled basement air, sometimes too much.

Heat pumps are the way to go for heat and water. Anything to get off
fossil fuels. Check around in your area to see how effective they are
for you.

Posted by Mike Dobony on December 10, 2007, 9:55 pm

> On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:37:06 -0600, Mike Dobony wrote:
>
>> I live in an area that rarely gets any lasting snow (lasting usually
>> until afternoon and occasionally a few days). I have a forced air
>> furnace that is ready to be replaced and I want to also upgrade to AC.
>> Financially the heat pump makes the most sense as it costs little more
>> than AC and I don't have to pay full price for a furnace then. I have
>> heard comments both good and bad about heat pumps. For those of you who
>> have heat pumps, what is your experience?
>>
>> Mike D.
>
> I had a heat pump for heating domestic water. Efficient and saved $$.
> Down side was that it also chilled basement air, sometimes too much.
>
> Heat pumps are the way to go for heat and water. Anything to get off
> fossil fuels. Check around in your area to see how effective they are
> for you.

Fairly common here, even in $200,000 new homes.



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