That homeowner is great. Academy Award winner here.

@vasiavisilievic1873

2 жыл бұрын

it doesnt matter. it's educational channel

Homeowner personality of the year.

I dont have a boiler or HVAC in my house. I had electric baseboard throughout my whole house. My electric bill was 1200 to 1400 a month. I installed 3 Fujitsu's low ambient temperature units. Not only did they heat my house all winter, but my electric bill dropped to under $200 a month. Look I know people are scared of the unknown, but these units are awesome. I would stick to Mitsubishi or Fujitsu. I did the work myself, I am qualified though I have a universal 608 license. Paid 6k for everything. Mine heat down to negative 15f. This winter they did their job. I live in upstate NY by a lake.

@cmd41par

2 жыл бұрын

do your units pump air thru central heat ducts ? how about a/c ? i have a 2700 sq ft house and am thinking about changing my central heat (oil) and a/c. i think these should work - thx

@terrasonhunt6534

Жыл бұрын

Hey! I know its been a few years but I’m wondering how this heat pump system has held up for you? I’m looking into it myself. Thanks!

@fabio.1

5 сағат бұрын

👀

It's always interesting to see what happens in HVAC-R. With both products and technology.

This is very useful video, we are planning to have our install in few days , since our Oil is very expensive now.

Need advice, I have a common 3 Ton split system gas furnace. My compressor failed after 15 years of service. I recently purchased a new 3.5 Ton heat pump condenser as a replacement. I would like to take advantage of the heat pump technology and use the gas furnace as backup heat. My question revolves around the specifications of the new replacement evaporator coil. I noticed that most heat pump condenser units are married to an air handler with electric backup heat, instead of an evaporator coil box on a gas furnace. I understand that gas heat is possible as backup with a heat pump, but I'm confused about what modifications need to be made to the evaporator coil TXV. Please advise if there are special TXV for heat pump evaporator coil configuration and if there is something that is needs to be done to the furnace. Thanks Kevin

Hello.I am interested in ducted system for may home and I also have 4 chimneys, I can use as a duct lines. Diameter of chimneys is about 4 inches, and I will try to split one duct from indoor unit in two, because i have 8 smaller rooms to cover. I also saw on some forums, that the diameter of one duct in the unit is about 8 inches. Is this allowed to do without affecting the appliance? Thanks for great video.

Looks like this home had a central A/C condenser outside beside the deck. Did it have an oil or gas furnace as well? I also saw baseboard heating. Electric or hydronic?

@benb737

4 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure this has been cut from another episode where the guy has some weird kind of radiant ceiling heating - not 100% sure but I think this is it

Excellent

they are showing the refrigeration cycle backwards ...

How efficient are these HW heating

in MA that heat system works? -20 that whould work?

Can your heat pump be put in to the house to run through furnace pipes with the furnace not working. In other words use winter and summer.

@8181k

3 жыл бұрын

If you have ducting for a forced air heating system it can be retrofitted to use a heat pump as the source of heat versus your furnace. It would be an easier set-up than this video because you already have ducts. This homeowner had to use those air handlers in the attic because he didn't have ducts in this home.

The "inverter" is the variable speed (variable frequency) motor drive power electronics module, used to get increased efficiency by operating the motor only at necessary speed and not at full speed and then on/off. The inverter has zero to do with the switching from heating mode to cooling mode. In particular, it does not "invert the heat" or any such. These guys ought to know better.

@kgfgfg1

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right with this! Thought the same!

@fabio.1

2 сағат бұрын

I agree

what systems were used total for this build? i just bought my first house and love the idea of a heat pump

I wonder if the homeowner was ever informed that the 4 air handlers each needed filter clean/exchange maintenance in the attic regularly and what the cost would be for the electronic control board to be replaced because it is bound to happen at the wrong time. And with last weeks (Jan 2018 record low temps. below 0F), was everyone warm and toasty?

@acdnintheusa

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. I’ve put hinged return grilles to replace filters from within the conditioned living space.

@AustinMichael

Жыл бұрын

That is what the electric elements are for. The reality is that most of America does not get to below zero temps for any significant amount of time.

I have a duel fuel furnace/heat pump. Using natural gas. Located in central CT. 97% furnace, 27 SEER heat pump 2 1/2 ton. I have no doubt that the heat pump is mechanically more efficient than the gas but the cost of the electric to run the heat pump is just a little more than double the cost of using the gas. Also using the gas seems to get the house up to temp about 25% quicker. It's nice to have the option but I'll continue to run the heat with gas.

@ericsaehrig6683

5 жыл бұрын

Natural gas at the current cost might be more efficient, but gas lines aren't available everywhere. If you want to go true low cost, look into pellet and wood stoves.

@JoelFlores-pn2md

Жыл бұрын

What system are you using make and model? I haven’t seen a heat pump that can put out 27seer, at least not a single zone for whole home.

what system is this? Is the electric heat element back up in the air handler or outside condenser?

@zack9912000

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Scott it is in the air handler

I don't know I am not an expert. But my stock water heater form 1990 is still producing hot water. I have replaced one element my self for next to nothing. I have very hard water and need a water softener but the heater keeps marching on. My next one will be just like this one.

Has anyone seen a mini-split system with geothermal application? Seems like the way to go but I can't find it.

@mennomateo

7 жыл бұрын

Paris Ashcroft as air to air heat pumps get better the expensive drilling for a ground source heat pump becomes cost prohibitive

What really excites me about it is that fact I can install solar panels install (in addition to heat-pumps) and be 80/90% off the grid, try doing that with gas/oil...

@Chuy1988

2 жыл бұрын

And the environment thanks 👍 🙏 you most of all

@jupena

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chuy1988The environment was one of the main reasons I decided to install it on a 3 family property of mine (should be done this week)! heat pumps are the way of the future! Yay Massachusetts for the rebates! This Old House Rocks!

@Chuy1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@jupena I'm an HVAC guy i installed some of these in my first job now i hope i can install more

@jupena

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chuy1988 Cool Beens! cheers!

@learningtime3935

2 жыл бұрын

You will need quit a bit of solar panels

Heat Pump tend to break easily with circuit boards going bad 1200 dollars plus $880 labor refrigerant having to be added. They last about 5 years and are the most expensive means of heat to maintain. Would do you expect a Condenser running outside below zero in blizzards it doesn't last long

How efficient is that one in tha attic going to be when the attic is like 150 degrees in the summer?

@bingbizzleproductions1732

3 жыл бұрын

Just as efficient as it would be any where else. The indoor unit is only your fan and coil, all the “efficiency” work is done outside at the condensing unit. You aren’t heating/cooling attic air (that’s why a ducted return was installed in the living room), nor does the temperature of the attic have an effect on the ducted unit.

@joshuasmith1215

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingbizzleproductions1732 try again.

@bingbizzleproductions1732

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshuasmith1215 seeing as I’m a registered PE with a focus on HVAC and design these systems for a living, I’ll stick with my explanation above. If you’d like, prove me wrong with facts. 1. Where is the system picking up heat from in the attic? Are you suggesting that the ducted fan coil box is absorbing heat? They are insulated so try again. 2. What does that leave us? Duct. Are you suggesting that tiny bit of duct is absorbing enough heat through the duct to make a significant difference in capacity over a short run like that? Let’s see your load calcs to prove your theory. 3. So we just covered all the components that are in the system located in the attic (except for condensate piping and refer piping, which is insulated). And have already established the box pulls it’s return air from the tempered space and not the attic. So thrill me with your explanation of how the box being in the attic has any significant effect on efficiency. I’ll wait. If you don’t have a factual answer, then you just learned something that will hopefully will help in your quest of “learning how heat pumps work”. The only way the heat in the attic would have a significant effect on the capacity of the system is if you were introducing OSA (outside air) to the system from the attic. You would then need to size your system to account for the additional load of the mixed air temp entering the fan coil, plus that of your envelope and misc. loads from within the living space. Since the system is closed to the attic space, your only heat added from the hot attic is that which is absorbed through the duct (negligible in this instance since it’s a very small amount of duct) and as I mentioned above, the absorption of heat to the fan coil box, which is also negligible due to the boxes being insulated.

@8181k

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingbizzleproductions1732 thanks for the explanation. So you would not recommend insulating the attic to help reduce energy losses through the ducts and refrigerant lines with these units? Even for Quebec Canada where the attic temp can get to -15 C regularly?

@jupena

3 жыл бұрын

@@bingbizzleproductions1732 Dude, thank you!

what about domestic hot water?

So under 5 degrees the heat shuts off?

I had learned on other youtube hvac videos that you don't put equipment in an unconditioned environment such as an attic. How hot does that attic get in the summer???

@ward26102

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting in theory and I agree with you, but it's done all the time. I have to go in attics regularly in the Arizona summer as a home inspector. It can be 135 in the attic, even hotter in poorly ventilated attics. Hottest one I measured was 155 degrees. Yet almost all of the heat pumps here are split systems with the air handler in the attic, even on the newest homes. Insulation is on the refrigerant line, but still... Even the package heat pumps on the roofs are not much better, sitting in direct sun on an asphalt roof is also a very hot environment. Perhaps an HVAC tech could comment on whether research has been done on the cooling loss of the refrigerant in these configurations?

Do not forget Performance Testing!!!!

After the cost of the install you should be saving money on your heating and cooling around the year 2055...

@TimmyTechTV

7 жыл бұрын

Unless you have oil, then its 4-5 years for us in the PNW.

@mennomateo

7 жыл бұрын

Maxid1 what if the customer was using electric baseboard heat, then the savings will be drastic less after one year

@Maxid1

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Naugler Klassen​ I forget the dollar estimate I used to determine that. I'd also have to rewatch the video to see the scope of the work. I vaguely recall the number was in the 10's of thousands(and that cost was in my market of California. It could be much less somewhere else). That aside, if I wanted a heat pump, I'd get one. Or if I wanted hydronic heating in my floors I'd put it in if I could afford it, regardless of the cost. My goal in a home is for it to be comfortable. If I intended to sell it I might be more inclined to focus on the value to cost ratio, but not in a house I intended to keep.

@gbliss0284

7 жыл бұрын

its about having a more comfortable living space, while ALSO saving money. its not a scheme to save massive money, although your bullshit numbers are way off. its more like 5 to 10 years they will see a return. The new zoning should help out a lot and the programability. 1 zone or even two zones can be hugely inefficient, one room is hot they turn on AC for 4 rooms....

@Idiotsincarshere

6 жыл бұрын

TimmyTechTV We pat about $1200-$1500 annually for oil in a 1800 sq ft house in frigid New England. It’s not that bad

Yea sure add more places for refrigerant to leak and add to the cost of long term maintenance.

He said "Even if there 5 degrees outside" so many times, I kinda worry, what is going to happen if there's gonna be 4

@itech301

5 жыл бұрын

still34u backup heat elements or a black hole will form

@robinheil

3 жыл бұрын

how about - 25?

@Bob_Lob_Law

3 жыл бұрын

@@robinheil Fujitsu has a series with rated capacity down to -26 C (-15 F) and lacks a hard cutoff, some claim it operates at even lower temperatures, ex -30C (-22 F) and below. Mitsubishi on the other hand has a hard cutoff at -25 C or (-13 F). Both of these figures are for the manufactures ultra low temp lines.

@COSolar6419

2 жыл бұрын

The cold weather heat pumps continue to provide heat even below their rated temperature. However their total capacity in btu/hour does decline progressively below that temperature. At least that is how ours works. At 5 degrees F our heat is rated to provide 24,000 btu/ hr but at -5F only 20,000 btu/hr. In our area -5F is rare.

@seek3n

Жыл бұрын

If I use this video to do what the title said. Installer be outta business.

Branch box mini splits are nice till you have a refrigerant leak. Then it's a very expensive proposition to find the leak.

@8799crosby

7 жыл бұрын

i agree ,all those flare connections ,good luck

@davidcerino1145

6 жыл бұрын

Yup, and don’t get me started on the price. For homeowners, this is pretty high.

@wesleysullivan8047

3 жыл бұрын

@@8799crosby yeah why didn't they braze???

@8799crosby

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleysullivan8047 all branch boxes r flared connections , sometimes I eliminate them and zoom lock them , I don’t braze them I believe there r solenoid valves for every zone , right near in the box

We had an air handler in our attic for the top level of our 3-story town house in VA. It struggled to cool and never dehumidified the air. I agree it's a bad idea to put them in unconditioned spaces. I wonder if a humidifier can be added to heat pump systems for our dry spells here; now in MI.

@danielscheib119

Жыл бұрын

That’s why you have to put insulation over the entire thing. This is like a 3 day job at least

Now at the beginning of this segment (we don't see it on this clip), Richard said that it would cost $30,000 to have a natural gas line run to their house. But at that point, anything was better than what they had= electric radiant heat in the ceilings which costed the home owners many thousands of dollars to run previous years(I think I remember hearing almost $10,000). What I don't get is why didn't they go with a more conventional setup first. In my experience creating heat with gas or oil is much cheaper than with electric, even with an efficient 'heat-moving' heat pump setup. Why in the world didn't they just go with a propane or oil forced air or boiler setup??

@8181k

3 жыл бұрын

Because they'd have to run ductwork from the basement up to the rooms. Ripping up floors etc... It would be an expensive retrofit. And with this they get cooling in the summer as well.

@tommytmt

3 жыл бұрын

@@8181k - Not necessarily, TONS of people have furnaces in their attics; and some are much smaller attics that this.

@COSolar6419

2 жыл бұрын

Some people might prefer not to pollute the air with unburnt gas and oil waste emissions. Particularly if they are generating electricity from solar or have an electric utility that uses a high percentage of renewable energy.

This isn't really a "how to install" as much as it is an overview of the system. Title is misleading

@diyboomboxesintexas2805

7 жыл бұрын

saborguerito It's not exactly a Do It Yourself project

@saborguerito

7 жыл бұрын

Philip Folmsbee I disagree. as a Layman and a homeowner, I can do all of this except for pressurizing the system. I can pay someone to small fee to come do that

@diyboomboxesintexas2805

7 жыл бұрын

saborguerito Even though you can do it, we can both agree that this is something that the average John Q. Public would not tackle. I mean come on, we have people calling Ask This old house for a running toilet.

@8799crosby

7 жыл бұрын

i disagree ,way harder than it looks ,and who is going to wire it .

@8799crosby

7 жыл бұрын

and I've been doing hvac for 20 years

Can you tell me how much a unit like the one install on the top floor cost!!! My house is a 1650sqft ranch with no ducts, so I would like a low profile system.

@diyboomboxesintexas2805

7 жыл бұрын

Team ZomBi You need to email the show. they don't read or answer KZread comments

With such a massive house any heating or cooling system will be expensive. With passive solar design mechanical heating or cooling needs are a fraction of poorly designed homes. Many building designers fail us. Heat pumps however are highly efficient resulting in lower heating costs than gas in all of Australia, even in cold climate zones.

@bobbyj6410

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have gas there? If so is it really that expensive?

An inverter varies the speed of the compressor not help it get heat

@8799crosby

7 жыл бұрын

in correct the inverter slows down along with the fan giving u better heat or cold absorption , aka hotter or colder air

@landonhillyard

7 жыл бұрын

depends on the system. Some inverters do have a frequency changing output which can either change the "speed" of the fan alone or both the compressor and/or the fan. Not all units run the same. some have a variable throttle valve which changes the pressure in the evaporator/compressor therefore the saturation pressure of the refrigerant. Coming from someone who has designed HVAC systems.

@bighammer587

6 жыл бұрын

An inverter changes AC to DC so that the motor speed (compressor) can be variable.

@IceyJunior

5 жыл бұрын

Landon Hillyard Landon is right

I've been working for a heat pump manufacturer for one year now, on their air source they only have refrigerant in the condensing unit so the flow n return are water, I've never seen anyone use it for cooling as I imagine it's not great, using a refrigerant from outdoor unit to indoor has to be far better, they are great for heating though, I wonder if most heat pump manufacturers use refrigerant traveling from outdoor to indoor units and my company is not the norm, I've been a fridge air con technician for years but mostly now it's plumbing work.

@shanmike11

7 жыл бұрын

Liam Oleary Huh? Gibberish much?

@vladopajank2444

7 жыл бұрын

Is this meant to be an Irish joke?

@squirlmy

7 ай бұрын

@@vladopajank2444 I've heard of O'Leary jokes and Liam jokes, but not "Liam O'Leary". I guess the point is that it's "blarney". A "fridge air con" technician would know in principle, refrigerant would be VERY efficient, or know exactly what the competition is doing. Definitely as little as six years ago techs really were very hesitant and spread FUD, mostly just because it was newer, different tech, like electric cars also were in the recent past. Contractors couldn't depend on old faithful name brands, etc.

Does this work in Canada?

@patrickwilson6314

5 жыл бұрын

Rexin Oridle does it get below 5 degrees in Canada?

@8181k

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it does but the heat pump gets less efficient when the outside temperature goes down. But they'll have an electric element that kicks in to assist if ever the heat pump can't keep up.

My heat pump kept my house 65 degrees when it was 0 degrees outside even without heat strips

For what I know it doesn't grab heat and dump it out or in. To cool down the evaporator gets cold and the blower blows that cold air in the room. When is on heating the compressor pumps hot freon to the evaporator inside and the blower cools down the hot freon and blows hot air. Let me know if I'm wrong.

@NotOurRemedy

6 жыл бұрын

Edwin G You are absolutely wrong. The refrigerant for cooling is dropped in pressure lowering the temperature in the inside unit to its saturation point. So the refrigerant begins boil and absorbs an amazing amount of energy and will be cool to the touch. It will the return outside and then condense (to turn liquid) and dispel that energy. Hot to the touch. It will reverse for heat mode. Condense to liquid inside the house and evaporate outside to absorb energy. In cooling mode the large cold line is actually the one heading outside. It is now a cold gas but has absorbed a massive amount of BTU’s from the air. The small hotter line is the line about to cool your house believe it or not.

@Azul-ls3ck

6 жыл бұрын

I’ve been doing Refrigeration repair and work for 15 years on coolers and freezers and never heard that heat gets transferred outside. That’s why the evaporator coil has a TXV valve. Just never heard someone explaining it that way.

@NotOurRemedy

6 жыл бұрын

The txv creates a pressure drop in the evaporator. Down so that the box temp hits the refrigerant saturation point. The compressor raises the pressure so that it again hits saturation point in the condensing coil and travels the opposite direction in saturation. To condense rather than evaporate. This dispels heat across the air/water loop.

i BET THIS IS 50 grand worth of product and service

@erik61801

5 жыл бұрын

well it aint no shack theyre in sucka

He keeps mentioning 5 degrees....what about when its minus 10?

@ericsaehrig6683

5 жыл бұрын

new ones can go down to -26, look for the SEER, but as he mentioned those have backup systems as well.

@JesusJuenger

5 жыл бұрын

Each unit has an electrical heating element as "backup and boost", was mentioned in the video.

Inverter

I don’t think this heat pump is pulling heat from frigid cold temperatures. By nature the process of cooling a home produces heat. That’s why there’s a huge box with a fan outside (the condenser). I believe that someone said we could use this heat and manipulated the standard ac system to provide heating and cooling. Same basic principles, just additional components to make it work. Because an AC system freezes up when it’s too cold outside they address a defrost cycle. They also use heat strips to provide warm air drying this cycle so you don’t cool your house after heating it. The point....the condenser produces the heat, not the freezing cold air.

@sam-ci8lz

5 жыл бұрын

The Freon does that.

Are the customers actors? I am confusion.

They are nice and easy to install...but holy crap are they expensive !!!!!!

@cappuccino-1721

9 жыл бұрын

Frank $12 grand essay

@boris9305

8 жыл бұрын

+Frank its about the more expensive but you don't have to run new ducts through the entire house for a central unit and rip up floors, create bulk heads and more.

These dont work well below 0 celsius as the outside unit has to run de-icing cycles often (a heating coil outside) An in ground heat exchanger using a bore is best.

@STho205

6 жыл бұрын

Alex F. That would seem correct. I have a split traditional heat pump in the Georgia mountains. If the temp is below 34 then it cycles the outside thaw very, very often. I can play the strip heat vs the normal heat pump cycle for as the evening cold of 20 rises to the day of 45 and get lower cost. If just HP 24x7 then it struggles below 30, spending much of its time heating itself. If I really want to save money, I'd use my emergency (powers out) kerosene heater on the coldest part of the day/night, but that is a pain day to day. If I had a fireplace, I'd just heat with that when home. Wood is as cheap and simple a heat as exists.

What was the ballpark cost of all Of these components?

@diyboomboxesintexas2805

7 жыл бұрын

Brad Davies $10,000 to $12,000

@jean-paulmorin617

6 жыл бұрын

Double that

Maybe having this kind of air conditioner is only good in hoter climates

Green energy, perfect setup no doubt!, let's see the tradeoffs. That setup requires lots of drilling opening holes not every house is suitable and the cost of setting up properly depends to house feaseability. This setup is way complex. Will definetly need extensive maintanance and in any case of failure will require more money to maintain. Green energy +, homogene heating and cooling properties +, costly -, complex -. There doesn't seem like a battery backup. In case of grid failure or any electricity issues in winter. Will create troubles. Main heating options should be as lean as possible what I believe.

It is not a condensing

I really don't see the point of these. It supposed to save you money but it cost so much to install. You mine as well just keep central.

@darknightofthesoul8980

8 жыл бұрын

Approx 40%more efficient to run than central so it will pay for itself over time. They really perform and the big thing for a lot of people is that they are super quiet which is nice on those hot summer nights when you get to sleep without a loud buzzing compressor waking you up.

@mattheww2797

6 жыл бұрын

Looks like they had electric baseboards to start with, super expensive to run

It would be more better just to install an Geo-Thermo H/P up in the Northern climates{ More heat in the earth @ 150 -200 ft. down} as oppose to try to get what little heat energy out of - 10 to 32.

Contractor is not electrician not license.

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Nice system and a grand total of about $45,000. Not very practical for the average suburban home.

@leeknivek

6 жыл бұрын

where did you come up with that number? it's roughly in line with the cost of installing any other central air system.

@tommytmt

6 жыл бұрын

No dude, MUCH less than that! I'd say it was roughly 1/3 that.

@Idiotsincarshere

6 жыл бұрын

Tommy TMT So $15k? That’s the cost of a whole new heating system, oil to natural gas conversion, with another zone for my house. Def not cheap

@hounddoggzgaming6970

6 жыл бұрын

Outside condenser about 2500, refrigerant register about 1000, 4 air handlers 1000 a piece 7500 plus mark up 15k plus labor and maintenance contract, rough guess bout 20k

@nightmareinaction629

5 жыл бұрын

Dude it costed me 800 usd to install one of these

As a former HVAC contractor, I'm not sure what it is but this guy always bugs me when he describes equipment or concepts to people.

This guy is meesed

John Elliot's an "expert" on A/C but can't pay attention to a video before writing a paragraph on it.. He finished the video with saying it has back up electrical heat. And by the way if this system is too complicated for you to service you have no business doing A/C at all.

That was a PISS POOR installation. My God that work was amateur.

It looks quite over complicated, and I am very skeptical that a heat pump can perform to the satisfaction of people for comfort heating. The delta T is lower than gas/electric and feels drafty to most. Only in the southern climate zones is there enough heat content to give the higher delta T that people are accustomed to. Those super compact systems are very hard to service and with multiple evaporators, I think there would be problems and performance issues and you'll never find a technician that's going to know enough about this rare hybrid system to troubleshoot it effectively. This mean the actual realized cost of owning this system is going to be more than advertized cost and consequently not worth the technology. My advice to anyone interested, is keep it simple, and I base this on nearly 20 years in the industry. I did not see any emergency heat either, are those evaporators equipped with electric heat? When the temps get below freezing how can the condenser defrost? Air to air heat pumps in the chicago area will freeze into a solid block of ice below 32 degrees as they typically do not have any "active" defrost.

@Vaughn-nu9xp

8 жыл бұрын

These are the most common systems here in Australia, even in the snow country. When they defrost the indoor fan switches off as well as the outdoor fan. So not many units have electric strip heat here. And being so common around here they are cheap to install. Most people have central gas ducted heating but with natural gas prices rising and electricity prices falling you can now see people's outdoor units running all year round.

@saborguerito

7 жыл бұрын

John Elliott I have one installed in my 1400 square foot home. it will heat the home, but in the middle of winter there are times when I'll use a space heater. but the cost savings over baseboard electric heat is undeniable

@johnnyb8629

7 жыл бұрын

Oh yea definitely the cost of its going to be less than electric baseboard heat. I lived in a small, very small like a few hundred square feet studio with electric baseboard heat and in middle of winter it was not unusual to have 2 to 300$ electric bill for one month. You cannot beat gas for cost per therm yet in Chicago climate zone, even a geothermal HP still must have EM heat (usually electric).

@ozziesheppard17

6 жыл бұрын

I would have done a variable speed regular full size split heat pump system with duct zoning, cheaper to install, probably more reliable and almost as efficient. plus when it comes time to upgrade all you have to do is swap the indoor coil and the condenser and your done.

He sucks at anything hvac related, Richard gives out false info

“I can’t wait to see the cost savings” no you can’t wait to see your bill… lmao that’s prob a 30/ 40 grand. Stop bring a cry baby and get ductless in every room and stop trying to hide our work all the time customers are the reason most people are going commercial now!

Nightmare.

There is no way on earth a heat pump can be as efficient for heating as a simple heater. It is against the laws of physics. You need a heat pump for cooling, but not for heating if you want maximum I efficiency.

@tommywright6737

7 жыл бұрын

It takes more energy to heat with an electric heater(coil) than it does to move existing heat from outdoors inside, trust me. To tell you how much more efficient heat pumps are I was paying a little over $100 on electric even during the winter a couple years ago but since the compressor on my heat pump went out I am now paying over $300 a month during winter because I'm using the electric furnace. Hopefully I'll be able to get it fixed soon.

@davidhovland5690

6 жыл бұрын

In mild climates most of Washington State heat pumps work very well. If natural gas isn’t available

@BoriPR82

4 жыл бұрын

I can testify that when I had electric baseboards I was paying 1200 to 1400 a month to heat my 2000sqft home. Now I have 3 zones and my bill is consistantly under $200 a month. My whole house is electric. Stove, washer, dryer, water heater, well pump. And I never turn off or turn down my heat. My house is 78f all winter long.

@uptalk144

3 жыл бұрын

@@BoriPR82 under 200 for heat or under 200 for all electricity usage in general?

@BoriPR82

3 жыл бұрын

@@uptalk144 all utilities