Bruce L. Bergman wrote:

Should I be looking for a heat pump system?



Definitely - Heat pump is vastly more efficient than electric
resistance heat. Exception being an air-to-air system when it gets
below freezing outside - anything below 25F and the unit is useless,
even if it could get any heat from the air the outside coils would
frost over and never defrost. Then the system has to shift over to
resistance heat or propane.



OK, someone is going to have to explain this one to me. At least two of
you have claimed heat pumps are more efficient than resistance heaters.
I don' t see how.

Converting electricty to heat through a resistance element is pretty
much 100% in my mind. The only "losses" are due to needing some fans.
The inefficiency of the fans shows up as....heat, so I don't think those
matter. How in the world can a heat pump be more efficient?

Steve