An electric heat pump offers a lot of benefits… This style of idea combines both heating and cooling capacity.
There’s only a single component to install and maintain! Plus, the heat pump works by moving existing heat from 1 place to another… During cooler weather, there’s still ambient heat available in the outdoor air.
The heat pump grabs this heat, compresses it to a higher temperature, then brings it into the home, because the idea doesn’t burn fossil fuels to create heat, there’s none of the problems associated with the combustion process. There’s no warm surfaces which might potentially burn small children or pets. There’s no fumes or orangehouse gasses to harm the environment. The threat of carbon monoxide is eliminated! Another advantage of an electric heat pump is that it doesn’t overly dry out the air and avoids the need for a humidifier, and when the weather warms up, the idea switches over to cooling mode and operates just love a conventional a/c unit. The setback of heat pumps is that they aren’t all that effective once the temperature drops below cold. They are most usual in areas with mild weather! Combining a heat pump with a gas gas furnace is called a dual fuel or hybrid furnace. A dual fuel idea is an ideal solution for areas with truly dire Winter weather. While the initial investment is considerable, the combination of heat pump and gas furnace will pay for itself in energy savings truly suddenly. The heat pump costs far less to run than the gas furnace or an a/c unit, and for the majority of the year, the heat pump handles demand.