It may be guaranteed for 10 years, but be prepared to have a service man
out at least 2 or 3 times a year because of it freezing up on the outside
and needing gas. I hear the winters in Nebraska can be brutal. After the
temperature gets below 15 to 20 degrees your heatpump will cease to function
and you will be on straight electric heat. So, the cost of heat will be
expensive no matter if you are on gas or electric.
My heat pump frozeup mostly in the winter. We had to suffer till a service
man could finally come out. I am very bitter about the subject of
heatpumps.
One thing I didn't like about the pump when it did infrequently work OK, was
after heating up it would go into the defrost cycle (they all do that) and
nothing but cool air would come out of the registers for a few minutes. I
now have a high efficiency Trane gas furnace and their A/C and I am very
satisfied with it. One, no matter what kind of gas/a/c system one has will
probably have a service call every 6 or 7 years but not near as frequent as
a HPump.
My 2 cents worth again.



"tflfb" wrote in message
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I am buying a unit that is guaranteed for 10yrs parts and labor, Maytag.

You get what you pay for. Trane and Maytag offer the best warranty, with
out
a pay for extented warranty.

With a seer value of 13, if you have any insulation and decent windows you
save 38% on your cooling bill.

My cooling cost here in Nebr, is about $300 per season, so I figured I'de
save about $115.00 a yr.

Havent got my natural gas summary from the utility company as of yet to
figure natural gas cost and savings,natural gas is going to go thru the
roof
this winter, and stay that way for at least 43-5 yrs.

Tom








"David" wrote in message
news:QbhNa.9497$I8.3569@rwcrnsc53...
If I were you I wouldn't even think about getting a heat pump. They are
nothing but a piece of s***! I junked mine after 3 1/2 years. I had a
Carrier and it nearly ran me into the poorhouse on repairs. I wrote to
the
president of Carrier and they still would not make it good and replace
it.
They screwed me once and shame on them,- screw me twice then shame on
me.
Get a gas furnace (propane or natural) and you'll never be sorry! I
wouldn't have a heat pump installed, even if you gave it too me free.
And
that's the facts Jack!!


"Jeff Cochran" wrote in message
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:51:35 -0500, "tflfb" wrote:

What part of the country do you live in?

SW Florida.

Are you saving any cooling and heating dollars?

What's "heating"?

Look, opinions from areas outside yours are likely useless. Get three
or more quotes, check into the reputations of the companies and ask
your friends for recommendations. Things like SEER ratings, while
arguably even a decent unit of measure, really don't apply to anything
outside your specific application. As long as each company has done
the proper analysis of your specific heating and cooling needs, you
should find similar recommendations among companies.

Jeff