"Gary R. Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:01:15 -0500, "Steve@carolinabreezehvac"
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"Astro" wrote in message
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Anybody had any experience with the Nyle "cold climate heat pump"? This is
a standard, air-source heat pump that claims effective heating down to 0F.

http://www.nyletherm.com/spaceheating.htm

Reading the blurb, it looks like it's just a two stage compressor system.
So I'd guess in their example, that what they're selling as a 3-ton unit
is something more like a 6-ton two stage which runs at 3+-tons until some
critical temperature (around 30F?) then kicks in the second stage for
extra output. Nothing revolutionary. But it does seem to get around the
standard complaint of normal heat pumps not being able to keep up with
load requirements at low temps.

The reason this caught my eye is that I'm looking at replacing a heat pump
in one of my rental properties and I'd like to put in something "eco
friendly". Geothermal is not an option, and I was planning on putting in a
high efficiency Carrier or Lennox HP or maybe a York Stealth. This Nyle
unit showed up as an added option but I'm a little loathe to get a unit
that nobody's ever heard of.

Any thoughts?

Its BS...and its not a 6 ton with a dual stage comp....its a dual stage comp
alright, but the capacity is not even close to 4 tons.
You can only get a COP of so much...once that is passed, you WILL have a
form of secondary heat needed....period.

If you are looking at the Stealth, (soon to be discontinued) You might want
to spend the extra $200 and get an Affinity by York.
Lennox parts are impossible to get and Carrier designs are not static.


Seems I recall some years back reading about a heat pump with a small
gas burner in the outdoor unit which added just enough heat to prevent
the coil from freezing in subzero temps.

I wonder whatever happened to those?

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They brought the gas burner inside and called it a gas furnace.

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