{"id":773,"date":"2020-02-24T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2020-02-19T07:57:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:57:06","slug":"important-facts-to-know-about-your-new-heat-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/heat-pump-service\/important-facts-to-know-about-your-new-heat-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Important Facts to Know About Your New Heat Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Congratulations on your new heat pump installation! (We hope\nyou called our technicians for the installation. Professional work is the best\nway to ensure a heat pump works right for years to come.) Now that you have a\nheat pump rather than a furnace and air conditioner, you have a compact and\nefficient solution for your comfort needs around the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because you\u2019ve never had a heat pump for your house before, we\u2019d like to share some important facts about it. This information can help you get the most out of the new system, as well as help you know when to call for heat pump repairs in Tampa, FL<\/a> and schedule maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The heat from a heat pump is different than from a gas furnace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Heat from a gas furnace is the type most people are familiar with. The heat coming from a heat pump doesn\u2019t feel the same. What feels different is the temperature of the air as it exits the vent. To reach the setting on the thermostat, a heat pump sends out cooler air from the vents, but runs for longer. This makes the house feel cooler at first, but eventually it will reach the desired temperature. Because of this, people often make the mistake of thinking a heat pump doesn\u2019t provide as much heat as a gas furnace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heat pump needs maintenance twice a year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

People often assume a heat pump, as a single HVAC system,\nonly needs a single maintenance inspection and tune-up per year. After all, an\nair conditioner only needs one. A furnace only needs one. But a heat pump is\ndoing the work during the year of an air conditioner and<\/em> a furnace, and\nit needs the same level of care. We recommend you schedule HVAC maintenance as\nyou normally would: maintenance in spring to prepare for summer, then in fall\nto prepare for winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heat pump works almost the same in heating and cooling mode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A heat pump doesn\u2019t combine two different types of comfort\nsystems into a single cabinet. It uses the same components and operation to deliver\nheating and cooling to a home. All a heat pump needs to do to change from one\nmode to the other is switch the direction refrigerant flows through it. This\ncauses the two sets of coils (indoor and outdoor) to swap functions. In heating\nmode, the indoor coil releases heat, and in cooling mode, the coil absorbs\nheat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A heat pump will probably lower your heating costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you used an electric furnace before replacing it with a\nheat pump, you\u2019ll probably see a drop in how much it costs to heat your house\nin winter. It may not be dramatic, but that\u2019s because you don\u2019t need to have\nthe heat running that often in our weather. But it does require less\nelectricity for a heat pump to provide warmth than an electric furnace (or even\na gas furnace), so don\u2019t be surprised to see a pleasant drop in your winter\nutility bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cServing Our Tampa Bay Family with Integrity and Honor.\u201d Call The A\/C Guy of Tampa Bay Inc. for heat pump service.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because you\u2019ve never had a heat pump for your house before, we\u2019d like to share some important facts about it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[105,125,100],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heat-pump-service","tag-heat-pump-installation","tag-heat-pump-maintenance","tag-tampa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}