PDF with good heat pump information

[John Evans]

Found this document while researching a heat pump/air flow issue.

http://www.neo.ne.gov/home_const/airsource_heatpump.pdf

[Bruce A. King]

thanks, I read it quickly and found a major error. The doc says heat pumps can only get heat from outdoor air down to 40 degrees then the heat strips take over. This is wrong, even the old heat pumps did better than that, the newer ones do much better.

[David C. Macy]

Originally Posted by bking

thanks, I read it quickly and found a major error. The doc says heat pumps can only get heat from outdoor air down to 40 degrees then the heat strips take over. This is wrong, even the old heat pumps did better than that, the newer ones do much better.

A recent inspection on a HP older than 10 years, temperature around 17 degrees and the HP was still getting heat from the outside. I always thought it to be true about the 30 or 40 degrees until this happened. I called a heating specialist and he was explaining to me how the outside unit and heat strips work together at times.

My own unit that is 2 years old has a set point at 30 degrees.

[John Evans]

Bruce,

You are correct, I missed the error.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Style

Type

Models

VCSI

Cooling
Btu/hr

Heating
Btu/hr

COOLING & HEATING






Single Indoor Unit
Heat Pumps

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MSZ-FD09NA
Y
2,800 ~ 9,000
3,000 ~ 18,000
MSZ-FD12NA
Y
2,800 ~ 12,000
3,200 ~ 21,000

I have electric Base Board heatinh and last spring put in a MR.SLIM
http://www.mitsubishielectric.ca/en/.../features.html

I am pleased 22 seer 15 amp 21,000 BTU heat , 12,000 BTU cooling and it does main floor of our 1,800 bungalo Works down to about 10°F .
I do not think we have used Electric heat more then 40 hours this year .
Very quiet and does a great job Has Gas Fire Place in finished Basement of course some basement heat does come up stairs.
Cost installed $3,200;00 Canadian 3 hours start to finish.


Style Type Models VCSI CoolingBtu/hr HeatingBtu/hrCOOLING & HEATINGSingle Indoor UnitHeat PumpsGet More Details MSZ-FD09NA Y 2,800 ~ 9,000 3,000 ~ 18,000MSZ-FD12NA Y 2,800 ~ 12,000 3,200 ~ 21,000