We had a heat pump installed about 18 months ago and have a wood stove. We're running into a new issue this year while trying to use the wood stove. We have a 11 month old baby and have to shut the bedroom door while the baby is napping, twice a day for 1-2 hours each, and at night for 3-4 hours (until we go to bed). The thermostat in the hall will say 75 and the bedroom will be 5-10 degrees cooler after having the door shut for 3-4 hours. This is with the air handler fan set to constant circulate mode. I was expecting better than that from the circulate mode. The manual for the air handler (goodman AEPF4260c) says that it only runs the fan at 30% in circulate mode. I haven't checked the dip switches, but the manual says the fan should be pushing 1000-1200CFM at full. The air return is in the ceiling between the bedroom door and thermostat. Even after opening the door, it takes hours for the temp to increase a few degrees in the bedroom. There are two floor vents on the wall away from the bedroom door, one along the wall by the door and one in the bathroom. If we leave the woodstove off and rely on the heat pump, the temp in the bedroom is closer to the temp in the hall. It's a 25 yr old brick house and the temps have been 30s-40s with a few nights dropping in the 20s.
If I want to use the woodstove, I need to find a way to run the air handler fan at a higher speed or come up with some alternative way to circulate the air in order to keep the bedroom from getting too cold. Any suggestions?
Keith
If I want to use the woodstove, I need to find a way to run the air handler fan at a higher speed or come up with some alternative way to circulate the air in order to keep the bedroom from getting too cold. Any suggestions?
Keith