Yea...that is what we have been told - and even if we do not get the hybrid, the new furnace is more efficient than what we have (much more efficient)
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:53 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The house we bought a few years ago has a heat pump/furnace hybrid thing > going on. On some of the colder days, when it's using the heat pump, it > doesn't feel quite as warm.....but that's the trade off you make ( you > aren't going to be able to get the same level comfort for the same price ). > WE like the system though. It works, and I think it's cheaper. > > Also, if you are ever cold, you can just hit the e-heat setting to tell the > furnace to cut out all that Al Gore shit and to kick that furnace on baby! > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> My wife and I are investigating upgrading our HVAC system. >> >> Currently, we have two zone heat/ac - currently a heat pump services >> upstairs, AC & gas furnace service the main floor and basement. One >> option being presented to us is to install a 'hybrid' system for the >> main floor. Basically, it uses the heat pump for heat until it gets >> really cold, then it uses the furnace. The thought is that it s >> cheaper to operate a heat pump when its not too cold than run the gas >> furnace (we have propane - which is kind of spendy). >> >> Anyone have experience with these kind of systems? >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
