Heat Pumps in 2024 | What You Should Know

20 min of bullshit talk?

truly great video and better even the presentation thumbs up to you sir

good information..glad to hear it happening in America finally..Peace from Ireland! Remember they work in Norway for last 40 years so they do work!

The key is to have a system that matches your load. DON'T OVERSIZE. Installers typically oversize because it makes them more $ and always provides enough capacity. However this capacity oversize comes with an enormous cost in efficiency. Always find what you building's heat loss is and match the system's capacity to that.

Great summary report! Thx, Eric

Good job mate, covered a lot of info & scenario’s. Daiken inverter splits are a great choice and are very quiet. I think to consider buying a propane based system is also a big plus for efficiency.

Super grateful I found this video and you covered examples for rentals. I have to replace 2 HVAC units in my rental properties and was wondering if it was worth upgrading past the simple air source heat pump. I'm currently running furnace heating, but singe stage air source heat pump seems to be the way to go.

I've been an HVAC tech for many years, and learned some things from this video. Nicely done. I won't mention brands, but the single stage units are a very good, all around type ACs (especially for hot climates like Phoenix, Yuma, Las Vegas, Indio, Palm Springs, etc), and in my opinion is nearly always a good long term option because of its simple basic design, which was mentioned in the video. Also, the inverter types are the most quiet in operation, but the single stage type are being manufactured with considerable noise reduction in design, especially compared to 10+ years ago.

Thanks Howard! I am so glad you continue to publish these videos. I'm about to purchase an older home in Northern Wisconsin that is only heated via a pellet stove... Yeah, that's what I thought. I'm going to be renovating and insulating to modern standards. And, updating / installing something that doesn't require me to feed Seymour so often! FYI I sent you a PM, as well.

I switched from gas ducted hearing to Panasonic split systems (and solar panels) and am saving easily $1200/yr. The AC payback time is 4 years and solar panels are 6 years. Split systems are controlled with an app on my phone. Such a great upgrade. My hot water is also a heat pump. (Australia).

oh wow this is good to know about this monoblock system

A few weeks ago we did a new HVAC system for our home. We live in a single story home of about 1500 square feet. We had a system composed of baseboard heating in the living area (big open floor plan with kitchen, family and living room as essentially one room) and two of the three other rooms. (Two bedrooms and an office) We then had a window unit in one bedroom and the office a 18000 BTU air unit in the wall of the living area. With no ductwork in the home we opted for a full ductless HVAC system. My initial plan was to use a single outdoor unit and then split to heads in the three rooms and the living area. After sitting down with the installers we decided to go with three separate external units. By doing this we do not need to run any condensation pumps, which is just one more thing that can go wrong. The living area has a single head attached to a 18000 BTU unit. The office is a single head on a 9000 BTU and the two bedrooms share an 18000 BTU external with a head in each room. The office was the problem child room for a number of reasons, it sits in the middle of the home and has real issues with cooling. The area is around 2000 square feet with three high powered computer systems running almost all the time. This means in the summer the office can be 10F to 20F warmer than the rest of the house EASILY, thus why I installed a window unit for just that room, initially. During the winter it needs substantially less heat. However the problem is the in between. When the outside temp in say 45 to 50 F it is not uncommon for the office to me in the low to mid 80F range. So we needed a way to keep the office cooled when the rest of the house might need to be warmed. This is where I got my first education on the heat pump system. It can only heat or cool at any time. So while a larger single unit with split heads might have sounded like the right idea, the office all but required us to look at separate system so it could switch between heating and cooling modes independent of the rest of the house. The other three "zones" are at opposite ends of the home and to avoid a lot of runs through the attic we choose to go with each end of the house on a separate unit. The result has been outstanding. We are drawing less than half the total daily KW usage with this system than we have drawn on similar temp days for the last year. The house has a stable temp, while we can independently control each room we keep the same temp house wide. There are no "hotspots" in the home on COLD mornings. You know those places near a heater where the air is much warmer. The whole house has a uniform feel to the air. I live at the South end of Illinois, where the Mississippi and Ohio meet, so we see some cold but nothing crazy. The units we got are Carriers rated to 100% heat capability at down to -4F and 70% at -22F so more than enough to handle a typical winter. They are near silent and we could not be happier. I get the desire to have a single external unit, however there is a lot to be said for the efficiency and options multiple external units offer.

Hi, great video as always. What is the difference between the Fit and VRV ? What would you recommend for costal Southern California 2500 sqft two story house?

The lack of knowledge of most HVAC companies is amazing. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland mostly uses heat pumps, with temperatures of -30 Centigrade common. In Maryland I tried to arrange an energy audit. The owner of the company asked what I wanted it for and I told him that I wanted to install a heat pump. He told me that heat pumps don't work in Maryland and that he had twenty years experience. As for geothermal pumps New York based Dandelion is putting them in for under $20k while Maryland charges over $50k

Excellent information ! I have a Carrier Furnace and Carrier HVAC AC outside both installed in 2018 before I bought the home and i'm curious when do you think I should go with a dual fuel (HeatPump/Furnace combo) in Kansas (100F summers and some 0F and single digits during winter storms), should I run them until they are old and breaking down or should I change them sooner. Warranties are expired as the warranty papers were never filed so the warranty ended after 5 years on parts. I am also planning on going solar in a year or two (planning on it) so solar will help run the heat pump.

Another great Video . I'm in S Florida and recently installed a Daikin Fit Heat Pump and haven't had to have it on for heating and just a couple of days for cooling. I have it set to off and noticed that the outside unit does run occasionally which according to the installer is normal. Does that sound correct to you?'

If you have hydronic heat, an R290 cold climate monoblock heat pump can supply all your heating and cooling requirements in Canada. R290 is a superior refrigerant but because it is a hydrocarbon and flammable has not been used on whole house refrigeration/heat pump systems. Now that R290 monoblocks are available where all the refrigerant is contained outside the house, they are safe and more efficient than conventional split systems using R410a. They are UL and CSA approved and are even less expensive to build and operate than R410a due to the lower pressures and higher water temperatures possible even at outside temperatures down to -31C. Europe and Asia have already adopted R290 monoblock heat pumps and they are the future of hydronic heating/cooling.

Can we pair a HEHP with oil furnace ? Where can we find out if the heat pump can be installed as add on vs heat pump to be installed as combo with its matching furnace.

Hello, A very informative video. I,m in SW Florida and have old Trane and Lennox AC units. I'm interested in a 2-stage heat pump or multistage AC unit. What might you recommend ?

Awesome info. So what is the best heat pump for Pueblo for an 1900sqft house we'll sell in the next 5 years?