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Heat Pumps Can Reduce Your Energy Costs

For people looking for alternatives to heat and cool their homes, look no further than heat pumps. They will also reduce your overall heating costs as well as these are energy efficient machines. These units will provide your home with year round heating and cooling. Some units are capable of providing supplementary hot water heating as well.

Heat pumps are best used in conjunction with your furnace to provide the most economical heating possible. There are several types available on the market and choosing a high efficiency unit over a low efficiency unit will save you even more money in energy savings. The EnerGuide system makes it much easier to select an energy efficient unit.

During the summer months, heat pumps function as a central air conditioner. The unit will remove heat from the home and vent it outside of the home. The unit will use a liquid refrigerant and pump it through coil tubing.

As the liquid moves through the coil, it will expand and change to a gas as it absorbs the heat from the air that surrounds the coil.

A blower will then push the air around the cooled coil and then it passes through the ducts into the house. In the winter, heat pumps will reverse this entire process. They extract heat from the cold air outside the home and pass it through the house.

The units work best when the outside temperature is between forty-five and fifty degrees Fahrenheit. Once the temperature drops to around the freezing mark, it is necessary to use an auxiliary heater to help supplement the output of the pump.

There are several factors to consider before you purchase a heat pump. Some of these factors include deciding on what your specific needs are for the pump.

You will also need to determine the size of the unit you need, along with deciding on which brand to choose. Try to stick with well-known heat pumps and one that offers a good warranty and one that provides good service as well.

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My home main heating unit is not blowing hot air, It's electric w/a heat pump.. any suggestions?

I have an electric heat pump and blower inside the house, it does turn on but only blows cold air when it's supposed to blow hot air. I had a company come over and look at it, they told me that the heat pump was fine, & that I had to only replace a small fuse box and two 60 amp fuses, I did that and it worked ok for a while but for some reason it doesn't blow hot air. Any suggestions before I call the repairmen again and get overcharged again? Thanks!

You have to be careful when you say "hot air " with a heat pump. What's the temperature in the house? If it's hanging near the set point, don't call the repair man unless the house temperature starts dropping. At the low temperatures we're having your back up heat is also required and the controls keep that to a minimum to keep your costs down.If the compressor isn't running (the outside unit) then you are using emergency heat totally so that's something which needs to be fixed. As long as the unit is keeping the house at a reasonable temperature that might be the best you can get at the moment. Al Gore will be coming to your rescue about June.

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