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Interesting information.
I am going to check on my unit to see if it has the inverter and what its low temp is.
We have it going to natural gas at 45 (or 40?) and i wonder if its more economical to set that lower.
It depends entirely on your heat pump. Odds are if the system was installed with backup heat to kick on at 45 degrees, it's because it's not an inverter driven system. Otherwise, the installer didn't know what he was doing. These types of units only became popular recently and they're quite a bit more expensive at the outset. That said, there's little economic justification for installing the older type of system in most climates today, but they're still being sold.
the guy that put in has been here twice.he said free on ran out again this time ,it happens in the winter times,.....
He's full of **** to put it bluntly, that's a closed system. You have a leak somewhere, that's their responsibility to fix the leak and recharge the system on a new install.
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It depends entirely on your heat pump. Odds are if the system was installed with backup heat to kick on at 45 degrees, it's because it's not an inverter driven system. Otherwise, the installer didn't know what he was doing. These types of units only became popular recently and they're quite a bit more expensive at the outset. That said, there's little economic justification for installing the older type of system in most climates today, but they're still being sold.
I looked up my specs, and my HP is good to 25 degrees.
One could argue that the cost of my heatpump + new furnace is probably higher than your single inverter driven system, but I am very happy with the dual fuel hybrid system. (I can see in areas where gas lines are not in the neighborhood it would be a great way to go!)
If you bought a Goodman/Amana.... just wait a few years. It will get expensive, pretty quickly.
My new Carrier Performance series HP doesn't run non-stop, but it consistently holds temp and runs very little. We've been in low double to single digit temps for over a week now and have only cut the fireplace on once.... Our bill has dropped by over 20% per month after installing the new unit. (Our January bill this year is 54% lower than our January bill in 2014) We don't use heat strips either.
If you bought a Goodman/Amana.... just wait a few years. It will get expensive, pretty quickly.
My new Carrier Performance series HP doesn't run non-stop, but it consistently holds temp and runs very little. We've been in low double to single digit temps for over a week now and have only cut the fireplace on once.... Our bill has dropped by over 20% per month after installing the new unit. (Our January bill this year is 54% lower than our January bill in 2014) We don't use heat strips either.
Ha... I know I took a chance. Researched the heck out of it.
The quotes I got for Amana vs Carrier, was they Carrier prices were 50% higher, did not match the specs and features (Amana top to Carrier middle) and the Amana came with a 10yr warranty.
So went with Amana... so far workign out great.
"Holds temp and runs very little" probably has more to do with the insulation in the home?
Fan keeps running on furnace .temp set at 72 inside temp 77. Thermostat kicks on and off but fan still. Could relay be bad
My thermostat has in addition to a heating or cooling function, a setting for "fan". You either select automatic or on. If it is set at automatic, it comes on only when needed - automatically.
Did you check to see if someone accidentally changed the fan setting?
It depends entirely on your heat pump. Odds are if the system was installed with backup heat to kick on at 45 degrees, it's because it's not an inverter driven system. Otherwise, the installer didn't know what he was doing. These types of units only became popular recently and they're quite a bit more expensive at the outset. That said, there's little economic justification for installing the older type of system in most climates today, but they're still being sold.
just learned that the Amana inverter systems were just release in 2015. I bought in 2014.
That's ok tho.. last winter we didn't notice any temp fluctuations from the one/off. Heck our prior home was all gas that's how it worked for that house (all on/all off). that being said, had it been available I would have considered the feature (depending on cost add-on, which cant be too much).
It can get very cold in Jersey in the winter... lower than 20 (Like last winter)... so I think we'd need the gas furnace in the mix regardless.
Last winter we were having serious buyers remorse about our heat pump. We have 3 units-one for upstairs and two for downstairs. The upstairs ran fine. The downstairs on the other hand... It ran and ran and ran and didn't produce heat. We had it set for 70 degrees and when we went down stairs in the morning, the temp was something like 62 degrees or so. The temp would slowly come up during the day but didn't quite reach the 70 degrees it was set at. And our electric bill! One month we had a bill of $1100! It was also a pretty cold winter, too. This summer, we tried turning on the A/C and it got warm. I made a comment that in the winter we should turn on the A/C & the summer we should turn on the heat and maybe the temp would be what we want.
We were on the phone with our heating guy. We had problems reaching him-not sure why. He wasn't getting our messages. Once we FINALLY got a hold of him and he came out-he was pretty much here ALL DAY! There were two issues. One issue was the two downstairs units were not talking to each other. The other issue was the fact that one unit had a bad part (this is not the first time that a part needed to be replaced). Our guy changed the way they would work. Before both units would turn on at the same time. He reworked it that when we turn it on, only ONE unit will go on and when the temp drops outside and we need more heat, the second one will kick in. That will definitely save us $$$$ because we are not running the two units all the time.
So far, so good. The downstairs unit is working the way it should and our electric bill is reasonable. But, we still don't know about that second unit. It still isn't repaired (waiting for the part) and the temp hasn't been too cold-YET! Fingers crossed.
I am a highly skilled hvac tech 28 yrs experience I have run into this issue with new Honeywell digital status have found stat set at 70 room temp reading 70 yet "heat on" is still present I have replaced stat w a different model stat and still have same problem been through entire system it's brand new everything is working properly when u push set point 1 degree it shuts down have called Honeywell and they have no answer for me anyone else have this issue
I just installed a Bryant unit and added a vision pro 8000 and I have the same problem...Have you figured it out yet.
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