Heat Pumps - Vancouver WA
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A heat pump is a central heating/cooling system that very efficiently uses electricity to heat and cool your home.
How does a heat pump work? When I explain how a heat pump works I always use a very simple example. Do you remember the old refrigerator/freezers? On the back of them they have that coil (radiator) that gets very warm, even hot. Imagine two radiators (coils). One is hot and one is cold (freezer part). In the summer time it runs as an air conditioner. The hot coil is outside with the compressor and the cold coil is positioned in the ductwork so when your air handler (i.e. Electric furnace) blows air across it, your home is cooled. In the Winter time, the refrigeration system reverses and now the indoor coil (radiator) is hot, so when your air handler (i.e. electric furnace) blows air across it, your home is heated. Basically a heat pump is a glorified air conditioning system that can run backwards to also heat your home.
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A heat pump is an excellent way to heat and cool your home in the Vancouver / Portland area. Many people still heat their home with resistant strip heaters, whether they are wall heaters, ceiling heat, baseboard, or a central electric furnace. For every dollar paid in electricity you get a dollars worth of heat-100% efficiency. With a heat pump system, for every dollar spent, you get 2-3 dollars worth of heat-200-300% efficiency.
A heat pump and air conditioner’s capacity is measured in a refrigeration term of TONS (not 2,000 lbs). For example 3ton - 4ton. So a 5ton heat pump / air conditioner can heat and cool twice as much as a 2.5ton heat pump / air conditioner.
A heat pump’s efficiency is most commonly measured with S.E.E.R. (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) and H.S.P.F. (Heating Seasonal Performance Factor). Federal law (as of 2006) requires a minimum S.E.E.R. rating of 13. Manufacturers are now pushing a very high rating of 20. These ratings are very much like M.P.G ratings on a new car. H.S.P.F. ratings range between 7.5 and a very high rating of 10.
A heat pump can also be added with a Natural Gas Furnace to give you the best of both worlds. This is called a Duel Fuel system. We would love to have a comfort advisor meet with you to explain any of this in more detail.
