DaveOmak
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I live in north central Wa. where it is hot and cold. 100+ summers and 0 winters.
I have disabled my ducted elec furnace and heat with a pellet stove.
I found the ductwork in the attic lost/wasted too much heat.
At 10 deg. outside, with the pellet stove operating, when I plugged the entire ductwork system, the house warmed up at least 10 deg.
I had looked at installing a heat pump in the attic to replace the elec. furnace.
Realizing the heat loss thru the duct work, I am now looking at a ductless heat pump and filling the attic with more insulation since there will not be a furnace to service up there.
Everything I have read sounds too good to be true.
Are the new units really that efficient? Will they provide heat to -10 deg? (probably not a lot of heat but some)
Anyone out there with experience, chime in. I'm looking at Mitsubishi, Sanyo etc, what I think are top of the line.
I have a local furnace guy that can pretty much get any brand of unit.
Dave
I have disabled my ducted elec furnace and heat with a pellet stove.
I found the ductwork in the attic lost/wasted too much heat.
At 10 deg. outside, with the pellet stove operating, when I plugged the entire ductwork system, the house warmed up at least 10 deg.
I had looked at installing a heat pump in the attic to replace the elec. furnace.
Realizing the heat loss thru the duct work, I am now looking at a ductless heat pump and filling the attic with more insulation since there will not be a furnace to service up there.
Everything I have read sounds too good to be true.
Are the new units really that efficient? Will they provide heat to -10 deg? (probably not a lot of heat but some)
Anyone out there with experience, chime in. I'm looking at Mitsubishi, Sanyo etc, what I think are top of the line.
I have a local furnace guy that can pretty much get any brand of unit.
Dave
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