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Bookmark or Share- Heat Pumps-Need some splaining | Page 2 | Early RetirementOur first heat pump lasted 25 years, second one lasted 12 years, third one still ok at 5 years. Kinda like our first electric water heater lasted 30 years, second one now being replaced at 12 years. Running on just the heap pump with no resistance heat, the HP can keep us comfortable down to about 10'F.
- Gas vs Electric Clothes Dryer? | Page 3 | Early RetirementElectric Heat Pump Clothes Dryer I’m surprised it has not been mentioned yet but they do make Electric Heat Pump Clothes Dryers. Heat Pumps are 200-300% efficient while an electric clothes dryer is 100% efficient at best. Gas dryer maybe 80%. I will swap out my gas clothes dryer with a heat pump version in a few years.
- Heat Pump Repair Costs and Refrigerants | Early RetirementI had an individual HVAC guy doing my repair work in the last 10 years. He suggested I replace some expensive parts in my Trane heat pump when he knew it was at the end of his usable lifespan. So I found another owner/operated HVAC company with 3 employees and low cost of doing business. I suggest you find such a HVAC business to do your repairs.
- How to air condition a FROG (finished room over garage)It's an 18,000-BTU/hr AC/heat pump, with a SEER of 21. I paid $1250 buying directly from the US manufacturer, and this price included a long 33-ft refrigerant line due to the indoor and outdoor units being separated by a fair distance. This unit is to supplement the central AC of 5 tons (60,000 BTU/hr), and it works great to off-load the big unit.
- Calculating the cost of heat? | Early RetirementYes, that electric resistance heat (the emergency "strips" in your heat pump) require a lot of energy. Actually, they (technically) are nearly 100% efficient, which sounds great, except that electricity (per BTU) is a lot more expensive than natural gas or propane, and also that your heat pump, in normal operation, is more than 100% e
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