by Ken Lund Question by tiny pearl: how much will home value increase if you replace electric heat with a heat pump? Best answer: Answer by TitoBobYes, because a heat pump costs much less to run than straight electric heat. But you should look into costs of all the materials and labor needed to install [...]
Question by eagle: My home is heated with a heat-pump with electric backup. When the temperature drops below freezing…? the heat-pump runs constantly. Which is cheaper to run, my heat-pump or my back-up emergency heat. The back-up emergency heat is a resistance coil heater in the furnace. When the back-up heat is on it may [...]
Question by : Can a gas heat unit (attached to a heat pump) be exchanged for an electric one? I have a heat pump with a gas back up unit (under the house). I would like to exchange the gas unit for an electric one without replacing the entire heat pump unit. Can this be [...]
Question by ned r: At what temperature should I switch my heat pump over to emergency heat? I have an electric heat pump with backup electric heat. Its 17 degrees out and I wonder if the emergency heat would be more efficient. The heat pump is keeping up at this point but is running constantly, [...]
by PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Question by Don Enrique: My home main heating unit is not blowing hot air, It’s electric w/a heat pump.. any suggestions? I have an electric heat pump and blower inside the house, it does turn on but only blows cold air when it’s supposed to blow hot air. [...]