HVAC Contractor Explains Cold Climate Heat Pumps❄️🔥

Great video. Thank you!

My furnace broke down and had to make a quick decision to replace it, they did not recommend a heat pump in my area (it does hit -40 or even -50 sometimes, but rarer now days) but now that I think about it I probably should have gone that route anyway, since I'm in process of also installing a wood stove so that could act as my source of heat when heat pump is not keeping up. At some point I might look at putting in a mini split heat pump, can those be automated using a regular thermostat? I could set it up as a dual stage system, where heat pump is first stage and furnace is second.

Can you do a video on the Mitsubishi Intelli-heat? I have an existing 98% gas furnace that I would like to use. So many questions. My Lennox SLP98UH090XV60C-04 system has a variable speed motor, will the Mitsubishi Intelli-heat tell the blower to run at one of the many speeds (I think it has like 256 different speeds) or will the Intelli-heat tell the blower to run at 100% or 0%? When heat heat pump can't maintain heat and makes a call for the gas furnace to start what CFM or blower speed will Intelli-heat tell the blower to run at when only in gas mode? When the furnace is in operation, is it controlled by the Intelli-heat or the Lennox circuit board? My wife likes to set the temp to 63F at night and then 65F during the day, I know it is hard for a heat pump to ramp up those 2F, but it is extremely easy for the Lennox furnace to make that change, can the Intelli-heat be programmed to do that morning 2F bump with gas instead of making the heat pump struggle?

I live in edmonton alberta, before that, i was at lethbridge. Average temperature in winter months are from -21°celcius to -32°c. In December, we typically hit the -50°c mark. All the technicians ive spoken to in edmonton dont advise heat pump. What are your recommendations

Hello, thanks again for all the amazing content.. I just wanted to ask you if you have any experience with GREE? I've heard that Mr Cool are just rebadged Gree's.. same goes for Senville here in canada- its just a gree. My challenge is that, as a plumber, i can get a 2 ton gree through my wholesaler- but it costs me $4000! .. .. The similar senville unit goes for $2100.. Anyways.. The big question is, what is your opinion on Mr Cool/senville/gree, as what ive found- they are all the same product. Thanks again

Great channel! Q for you that I can't seem to find an answer to: If I buy a variable speed cold-climate heat pump with an ECM motor, do I also need a variable speed air handler? I'm building new and have quotes with both options. Thanks!

I live in the greater Seattle area of WA. The rebates in my area are for replacing gas furnaces with heat pumps. It appears that most of the contractors are suggesting that I get electric heat strips installed as a backup heat source. We do get the occasional week that might get to 25 degrees but for the most part when it does get cold it stays around the 32 degree range. What's your opnion on supplemntal heat strips in the WA Seattle area?

Can you talk about the amount of power that the Daikin will use when it is at 5 °Fahrenheit vs using a high efficiency gas furnace in your area? Looking to see at what point the cost of using gas makes more sense.

Are you sure the Mitsubuishi Intelli-HEAT (PAA) qualifies as a cold climate heat pump? The Energy Star 6.1 Cold Climate certification for ducted units includes four main requirements, including a cooling rating of 15.2 SEER2 or better. The ratings I can find for the PAA are only 15.0 SEER2. Is there something I'm missing here?

I have a energy monitor on my breaker panel and like to watch the heat pump cycle today warming the house up 2° in the morning. At 36 outside The condenser unit pulled 3200 W to start gradually dropped down to 2800 W then dropped off to 1480w and running their it’s about 12cents a hour in my city

There is some good information in this video, but I would like to make two points regarding economics and spelling: 1. You said that heat pumps are more economical than gas-fired furnaces. If someone was paying $0.81/therm (with a 90% efficient furnace) and $0.17/KWh (and 1 therm = 29.3 KWh), to break even, they would need a COP of: 0.9/0.81 x 0.17 x 29.3 = 5.53 So they would need to have much higher gas costs or much lower electric costs to break even on an operating basis, much less including the higher up front costs. 2. You would come across as more professional if you didn't have such glaring misspellings as "BTOS" at 2:45 and 2:55 instead of BTUS,, "DURATION" instead of "DERATION" at 3:24, and GAS "AS" PROPANE instead of GAS "OR" PROPANE at 4:54. (Perhaps the BTO was the Freudian slip of a Bachman Turner Overdrive fan.)

Man, you talk a lot. In northern climates, a heat pump works well "most of the time". That's why anyone from a place where it gets truly cold should ONLY be considering a heat pump along with some other supplemental source. We installed a new furnace and AC unit about 4 years ago. We included the installation of a conventional air-source heat pump. It works well down to around 35 degrees, farenheit. Below that, we have it programmed to use the propane furnace. This cost us an additional $600, but has reduced our annual propane bill (adjusted for inflation) by around $200/yr. This savings has made it a great investment and something others should definitely consider. You don't need to talk for twelve and a half minutes to explain that.