Comments on: Should I Buy Heat Pump Or Ac/furnace?

By: michael b

michael b — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:11:19 +0000

Heat Pump with Gas Backup For aux. Heat.

By: ata31254

ata31254 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:09:11 +0000

I suggest a dual fuel system. Install a heat pump system with the gas furnace as auxiliary heat. You can set the outdoor thermostat to the temp you want your gas furnace to come on and shut off.

By: Jeffrey S

Jeffrey S — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:55:37 +0000

when i was in school i was told .draw a line across a map of USA starting at st Louis going east and west any place north of this line schold not use a heat pump.because the axillary heat is not enough to hear the homes.

By: champ278

champ278 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:39:25 +0000

From my own experience, it depends on where you live. I did not get good performance from my heat pump when the outside temperature fell below about 25 degrees. Based on my experience (and this unit was from almost 20 years ago, so improvements may have been made), I would not get another, or at least make sure I had a better source of back-up heat then the heating strip I had.

By: captbob5

captbob5 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:37 +0000

Slightly depends on the climate you’re at. My experience with heat pumps is ; they require more maintenance, more labor intensive to repair, and cannot tolerate extremes of temperature. They are generally cheaper to operate.

By: Desperate fish owner

Desperate fish owner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:29:59 +0000

Depends how cold it gets where you live. A heat pump is usually not good below 30 degrees F.

By: choppes

choppes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:56 +0000

All depends on where you live. If you live where they install the water to air units, that’s the way to go. Much cheaper to operate.
The heat and air are both in one unit and it’s considerable smaller than others. You can install them under the house or in the attic, so you have nothing outside exposed to the elements.
If it gets really, really cold then gas is the fastest heat. But with gas and then the air cond. unit both quite large and they have to be outside in your yard.