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The Add-On Heat Pump
Enhance your present system to gain savings and comfortEfficiency Champs!
Add instant efficiency to your home with an add-on heat pump. It’s a unique solution to your home heating and cooling problems. Adding the heat pump to your existing heating system gives you terrific cooling in the summer and supplies most of your heating needs. Use your old oil or propane furnace only during extremely cold periods. It will extend the life of your present system and lower your monthly energy bills!
How They Work…
Heat pumps operate very simply. Even in the winter there is heat energy in the air. Heat pumps take heat from the air, warm it up a little and discharge it at a higher temperature. This heat transfer allows a heat pump to supply more heat than the equivalent energy it uses. In simpler terms, that means they’re extremely efficient, which translates into lower operating costs.
In the summer, the process is reversed. Heat pumps give reliable, efficient air conditioning and dehumidifying. Add-on heat pumps install just like central air. A special thermostat manages the system and starts either the heat pump or the furnace when needed.
The Bright Solution…
Add-on heat pumps fill many needs. To find out if one is right for you, answer these questions:
Do you burn fuel oil, propane or natural gas?
The add-on heat pump’s efficiency compares well with oil or gas furnaces. Plus electricity prices are much more stable than other fuels, which can save you money in the long run.
How much life
is left in your furnace?
If your furnace is more than 15 years old, it may be due for total replacement. Ask your co-op about sizing a heat pump for your total heating needs. However, if your furnace is still in good shape, the load-sharing of an add-on heat pump can extend its life significantly.
How efficient
is your furnace?
Oil and propane furnaces can have efficiencies as low as 60 percent. Heat pumps are more than 200-percent efficient until temperatures get extremely frigid. That’s when your furnace kicks in to take up the slack. Together they make a dynamic efficiency duo.
Do you need air
conditioning?
If you don’t have central air, or have a unit that’s ready for replacement, the add-on heat pump strategy is perfect for you. Heat pumps are cooling champions, so you get the comfort of air conditioning as efficiently as possible.
Do you trust
your system?
If anything goes wrong with either system, you’ll be covered, because you’ll actually have two systems in your home. This adds great peace of mind when the snow is blowing and temperatures are going down. And, or course, electricity is the clean, safe fuel – you’ll be using that most of the time.
Clean Savings…
Studies show that the efficiency of heating with heat pumps is more environmentally friendly that gas, oil or propane heating because of lowered emissions at the source. Emissions at the power plant are strictly controlled. Both the environment and your budget will come out ahead.
The Power of the Future…
Heat pumps are just one example of why electricity is the clean power of the future. People are discovering that electric technologies are more efficient AND cleaner than combustion energy sources. Electric technologies simply do more with less energy! But the story doesn’t end with heat pumps. There is a broad spectrum of electric home heating and cooling options, ranging from flexible baseboard units to high-tech radiant heating. Electric air conditioners, water heater, dryers and ranges make your home more efficient, cleaner, and more convenient. Electric water distillers, cordless mowers, and high-efficiency lighting save energy while reducing emissions. Talk to you electric cooperative about the clean power of the future.
Ask Those Who Know…
The Texley Family, Worden, Montana:
Todd, Rolanda, Dusty, and Carly were the first to have home built with the Add-on-Heat-Pump in the Trask Subdivision in Worden, Montana. They are extremely satisfied with their system. Todd said, “It is very evident when the heat pump is on there is a soft even flow of air coming out into the room, where when the propane furnace comes on there is this blast of hot air.” They would recommend this system to anyone, “It doesn’t take long for the heat pump to pay for itself, and you have the best of both worlds, air conditioning and heating.” Their electric bills, including heating and cooling, average $100 a month.
The Boeshart Family, Sioux City, Iowa:
Pat and Sandy Boeshart are owners of Lite Forms in Sioux City, Iowa. Their home’s outside walls are of lite form construction – a plastic Styrofoam form filled with concrete. They have 6,400 total sq. ft. in their home. It sits atop a high hill with no surrounding trees to break the harsh wind. Their winter heating bills average between $120 and $135 per month. They have a gas furnace as a back up to their add-on heat pump.
“It is quiet, comfortable and clean,” and Pat. “There are no cold sports in the whole house,” said Sandy who was most skeptical in the beginning. “We even turn the thermostat about 2 degrees less and still keep warm.” “We are very satisfied,” said Pat.
