I have an inspection tomorrow that the listing says that it has a heat pump.
I have never inspected a heat pump before. Can anyone tell me what to look for?
Does a heat pump also have a furnace within the system?
They work terrible in the cold. We have them here in NY and they run non stop in the cold weather until they burn themselves out trying to keep a house above 60F. Great in other climates, just be ready for the 3 am angry cold client in January call if you don’t mention anything about that
The first thing to determine is it a air to air heat pump or a ground source heat pump. The second thing to determine what is the heat source for emergency heat, Electrical heat strips, gas fired furnace, oil fired furnace.
I operate my HP’s in all three operating modes Normal heat mode, emergency heat mode and in the cool mode to ensure the reversing valve does indeed operate.
If you ensure the emergency heat mode is operating and is set to activate at a predetermined temp you don’t have to worry about that 3 AM call I have never had one;-)
I have a heat pump, and it’s the only way to go. Up north may be different. Most all currently are automatic, and switch to main furnaces at certain outside temps. They save tons of money on natural gas.
Our home has electric heat and a gas fire place in the basement .
We put in a MR slim heat pump on main level .
It is great and the electric is on when temp is below about 18°F .
Being close to lake Ontario it seldom happens .
Mr. slim has been good for us.