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Heat pump furnace system, the reason I call it a heat pump furnace system is the
system will not work as a heat pump without an outside condensing unit. The
indoor section of a heat pump system is basically an electric furnace system. It
consists of an indoor air handler, comprised of a blower system and evaporator
coil system along with a vacant cavity to install auxiliary resistant heat strips. If
you have a straight electric system this is your upgrade for energy efficiency, and
reduced utility bills. Heat pump systems actually got their start back in the 60s,
they also got a pretty bad reputation as being a problem child. This was not true
the real true problem was dealers inexperience to install a heat pumps properly.
Thousands and thousands of high unnecessary electric bills were the result of
improperly wired heat pumps. There was no excuse for this as all manufactures
had dealers schools that would teach you the proper wiring techniques of these
new systems. In my opinion if you have a straight resistance electric furnace
currently your best decision on an upgrade or replacement of that equipment
would be to go to the highest seer rating you can afford to buy , in a heat pump
system. A heat pump system will save you approximately 30% in heating mode
only. The higher seer rating in the air-conditioning mode will again save you
money. In the air-conditioning mode a heat pump has no effect on air-conditioning
savings, only the higher seer rating of a heat pump can save you in the
air-conditioning mode.

What most people misunderstand about a heat pump is the fact that a heat pump
runs both summer and winter season. So in a one-year old heat pump it has
actually ran for two seasons. Let's look at this just a little further and a 10-year-old
system has ran for 20 seasons. This is double the work of a straight air
conditioning system. So these systems have a tendency to wear out quicker than
just straight air systems. If a heat pump system is installed properly it can be a
superb system generally in this Texas climate hardly ever needing to resort to
back up resistance heat elements that come with the system. I have a heat pump
system installed in my offices and our system has absolutely no back up
resistance heat install. Heat pump systems must be properly wired and staged to
get the full advantage of utility reduction cost.

You can go to the propane page on this website and see the BTU values of a
electric system versus a heat pump system versus gas system versus propane
system. There again a straight electric system is the highest energy consuming
heating system on the market a heat pump system is second, if you have gas or
propane a reduction in your energy cost could be utilized by using these other
two fuels, if you're scared of gas than stick with at least a heat pump system. And
do the best you can to properly insulate your home.