If you are thinking about buying a new heat pump there are several factors you should consider. First you should consider what brand of heat pump. We recommend you buy a Trane Weathertron, Carrier or Goodman heat pump. You also need to decide what size heat pump that you need. You should also consider heat sources and power sources before you purchase your next heat pump.

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 What is a Heat Pump?

The heat pumps being sold today are the most efficient way to cool and heat your home. Heat pumps have been referred to as a "magic appliance", because they use refrigeration technology (rather than fuel combustion) to provide heat and cooling, and because heat pumps can "extract" warm air to heat your home from outside even when the temperature is as low as 30 degrees (F). Heat pumps work on the principle that heat exists in air even when the air temperature is cool. Most heat pumps are split-system models, and have one coil indoors and one coil outdoors. When the heat pump is functioning as a heater, the air outside the home is used to evaporate a refrigerant in the outdoor coil. In this process, heat from the outside air is extracted as it evaporates the liquid refrigerant in the coil, converting the liquid refrigerant into a warm gas. The gas is then compressed and is transferred from the outdoor coil to the indoor coil. Once indoors, the gas is condensed which releases heat in the process, and the heat is distributed through the house using fans but built into the heat pump and the home?s ductwork. When the heat pump is working to cool your home, the ductwork and fans bring the warm air in the home to the compressor unit. The compressor unit then uses the same gas evaporation/compression process it uses to heat your home, but this time in reverse, to extract the warm air from the home and send it outside. So maybe you don?t believe that heat pumps are magic, but the performance and efficiency of heat pumps have made believers out of many satisfied homeowners...Click to see an overview of heat pumps

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