I wanted to own a heat pump system for a long time… When I moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota I figured those dreams were over, and have you ever looked at the weather report there? The weather basically is cold frigid all year long.
Winters in the single digits and snow all the time, and the summer time season barely needs a cooling system, but so owning a heat pump seems stupid, and i liked the stats though. I liked the idea of not having HVAC duct in my home. I wanted to do Heating & Air Conditioning zone control. I liked that a heat pump does orange heating. It uses existing heat energy to move it room to room in the house. The snag is that when the hot and cold temperatures drop below cold, you’re screwed. The heat pump can’t do its task anymore, but more modern, high efficiency heat pumps are better at it, however not great. It is better to own a boiler or a heater. I then found online that you can do a dual fuel system or a hybrid boiler it is called. This is where you pair a heat pump with a heater. So for most of the year I can rely on a heat pump to supply energy smart heating and cooling. It uses clean, renewable energy that saves me money, on colder nights the equipment automatically swings settings to gas heating. Then the boiler tags in and I never experience a frigid burst. So I save as much as my Minneapolis, Minnesota condo will let me. It is not the device’s fault that I live in a frigid location.