Though the idea of residential Heating and A/C technology or heat pump has been around in this country since the late 40’s, I’m still amazed by it.
Where I live, the heat pump is definitely the go to Heating and A/C technology for Heating and A/C cooling.
And the bonus is that we are able to also utilize the heat pump Heating and A/C technology to heat our homes in the winter. This isn’t tscheme for some of the northern climates in this country. But for us, the heat pump is more than acceptable when it comes to heating our homes while in our milder variety of Winter weather. I suppose that when we get a chilly snap where the hot and cold temperatures fall close to chilly, our heat pump is more than equipped to handle heating our home. What’s fascinating is the fact that our heat pump can absolutely extract heat energy from what would be considered quite cool hot and cold temperatures. And it does this using the same Heating and A/C technology. Only for heating, the heat pump simply reverses the process. All the heat pump has to do is reverse the refrigerant flow to bring heat energy into the house. I can do this virtually on its own without supplemental heat source to hot and cold temperatures of 40 degrees. And that just sort of blows my mind. Once the temperature drops below 40 degrees outside, the efficiency of the heat pump is diminished. And once it gets below 25 degrees, it’s not a absolutely efficient way to heat a house. But for our purposes, the Heating and A/C technology in the heat pump is just exactly what we need.