Have you ever wondered how a Heat Pump works?
It is common for our customers to be curious on how a forced air heat pump works and how they might benefit in adding a heat pump if they do not already own one. A heat pump is slightly different then an air conditioner in that it not only conditions your home with cold air, it also heats your home at a very low energy cost. So by adding a heat pump you not only save money and energy, you also get true total comfort control year round in your living space.
Sometimes you hear terms like, “heat pump,” or, “refrigerant,” or, “coil,” and are curious how these components fit into the heating and cooling of your home. We have added some very nice tutorials to our website that will allow you to see just that!
The first tutorial shows you how a heat pump system works. In this tutorial there are two buttons you can pick, one to see it operating in heating season and the other to see it operating in cooling season:
Click here to view how a heat pump works…
The next tutorial shows you how a hybrid system functions. A hybrid system is a heat pump that is connected to a gas furnace for backup heat instead of an electric furnace.
Click here to view how a heat pump hybrid system works…
Sometimes you will hear the term, “balance point.” As our first tutorial explains, a balance point is when the heat pump cannot keep up with heating the home due to extreme cold weather and needs a back-up heat source for support, which is the electric or gas furnace indoors. The next tutorial explains the balance point and how we plot out your balance point to ensure you have the proper size system:
Click here to find out what your balance point is…
You may have heard that heat pumps are the most energy efficient ways to heat and cool your home and we have provided a tool that will actually let you calculate how efficient they are below:
Click here to find out how efficient a heat pump is…
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us at (253) 581-5272 or you can schedule an at free home consultation by filling out the form on the right of this web page.
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