What is the Heat Pump Efficiency of Your Heat Pump?
Are you looking into purchasing a heat pump to either heat or cool your home? If so, what is the main function this unit will be used for? Heat pump efficiency ratings are different for each season. The ratings do not always correlate, so if your pump has a high SEER rating, it does not mean that it will have a high HSPF rating.
Therefore, it is important to prioritize your exact needs for this device. If you live in a warm region that will require more use of the cooling unit then the heat pump efficiency should be higher for the SEER rating. If you live in a cooler region, that will require more heating then look for a unit with a higher HSPF rating.
Every heating and cooling unit must have an energy efficiency rating. It lets people know how that particular model compares to other models and compares the different low and high efficiency ratings.
Now you are probably wondering what these two ratings actual mean. The SEER rating is the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating and the HSPF rating is the Heating Seasonal Performance Rating. Each unit is thoroughly tested to determine the exact rating.
Heat pumps are used for both heating and cooling. These devices move heat between the outside and the inside of the home. They do not actually create any hot or cold air.
We can explain this better by stating that during the winter a heat pump will move heat from outdoors into the house. In the summer, they move heat from indoors to the outside. Usually these devices run on electricity, but some run off gas instead.
Heat pump efficiency also factors into the energy savings these units can provide. In some cases, you can save up to fifty percent on your heating costs.
If your heat pump efficiency is high then you could save even more money on your energy costs. A high efficiency heat pump will require less electricity to heat or cool your home, thus they are much more efficient.
However, these units are quite costly. Thus, you have to be sure that this is what you want as far as heating and cooling your home is concerned. Read as many consumer reviews as possible to get a good idea of what units are available on the market and which ones people are satisfied with and which ones are not receiving good reviews.
We provide information for the consumer on heat pump efficiency along with information on different brands including Trane heat pumps and many other types of heat pumps.
By M. Applebaum
Photo slide show and video clips: OMG this is one fine install here……NOT! Check it out. You are looking at a new Trane XB13 Heat Pump. I had to go and do a WARRANTY leak check. First thing is (yet again) these guys install the access panel and refridgeration service ports into the corner where you have to practically lay on your side to access the refer and HIGH VOLTAGE! Not too mention if you EVER need to replace a TXV or Reversing Valve, you will need to uninstall the unit and remove it away form the wall! (Yup these guys care more about speedy install than future service. Kind of the WOODEN nickel holding up the SILVER dollar if you ask me!) Then I could not believe when I saw how cobbled up that suction line was to the new unit! Clearly the installers were short on copper that day. Company pushes the installers so hard to “Git-er-Dun” that they don’t ever DARE leave the job to get the correct part! (Again, WOODEN nickel holding up the SILVER dollar!) Worse yet is no one in the office believed me about the suction line reducing form 7/8″ to 5/8″ back up to 7/8″. But as you will see here, photos and VIDEO speak a thousand words!!! So who was lying suckers??? Yeah, thought so! 
I hope to GOD that someone in this city of Phoenix will stand up and please enforce HVAC companies to pull a damn PERMIT and get their sh*t inspected! The quality of work by residential HVAC contractors is so bad that it’s an insult to anyone who knows better, just to witness this kind of …
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