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Heat pump sales have never been hotter β€” and they're putting demand for AC on ice (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of natural gas furnaces.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

A friend of mine just had a new heat pump/furnace combo installed. It has a single controller for the whole system (is my understanding), so the heat pump will run normally and the furnace will kick in if needed. I can't recall the details of when exactly the furnace kicks in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That is how mine works. You can also get a rig that will slightly heat the air inside the heat pump to let it operate at much lower temperatures than normal. Supposedly more efficient than using the furnace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the option we need!