Subj : Re: Fall
To   : MARK HOFMANN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Oct 23 2021 11:50:00

> Yes, once the heat pumps are on "auxilary heat", which around here is pretty m
> h half of the winter, that is like running your stove and 50 hair dryers. It u
> s tons of power to keep things even modestly warm.

> For the climate around here, I would rather use pretty much anything other tha
> a heat pump.

You must have some other source, or meaning, of "auxilary heat."  At my
previous house, when the outside AC unit and inside coils needed replacing,
I looked at my options and went with the heat pump.  Since my house was
already set up for gas heat, the gas heat became my auxilary source.

That was back when natural gas prices were soaring.  I used gas a lot in
January, but most other cold months I would guess it was only used 50% at
most, and mostly only at night.  The rest of the time the heat pump heated
the house and it worked very well.

If I ever have to replace things here, that is the way I hope to go.


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