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upthesaukee · 11-30-2007, 05:23 PM

When we lived in upstate NY, just north of Albany, we had a house with a heat pump. We lived through two years (natural gas was the fuel), and it was absolutely wonderful in the spring summer fall. Winter, now that's another story. Vents downstairs (which is where we spent all our time) were high on the wall. We had no problem with freezeups of the coils, but the air temperature coming out of the vents was in the sixties. Never could get the temps over 70 unless the temps outside were around 40 or so. We had two repairmen come in and check out the system, and were told by both, it was ok, it was fairly efficient still, but just not made to heat houses in the north. Got a third opinion, same story, and had also got estimates on changing over to gas furnace, which we did, keeping the heat pump for a/c. Third guy was the cheapest, and highly recommended.

I would not opt for a heat pump here in this area.

11-30-2007, 05:23 PM	#51
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,595 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,449 Thanked 1,978 Times in 1,079 Posts	heat pumps When we lived in upstate NY, just north of Albany, we had a house with a heat pump. We lived through two years (natural gas was the fuel), and it was absolutely wonderful in the spring summer fall. Winter, now that's another story. Vents downstairs (which is where we spent all our time) were high on the wall. We had no problem with freezeups of the coils, but the air temperature coming out of the vents was in the sixties. Never could get the temps over 70 unless the temps outside were around 40 or so. We had two repairmen come in and check out the system, and were told by both, it was ok, it was fairly efficient still, but just not made to heat houses in the north. Got a third opinion, same story, and had also got estimates on changing over to gas furnace, which we did, keeping the heat pump for a/c. Third guy was the cheapest, and highly recommended. I would not opt for a heat pump here in this area. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!