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![]() Hello, What is a "heat pump"? All i can find on the Internet is talk about the compressor of the heat pump, however they often show a picture of a tall box-looking thingy standing along side of the compressor, but never say a thing about it. I donot even know the name of the "box". What is in the box? I know the fan is in it, however i think there is something else in there - scary- huh? Here on this site http://snipurl.com/ggc7 they talk about: “Heat Pumps, Split System, Electric Heat and AirConditioning” Then it gets confusing . . . “What is a “split system”“ may be a better question than “What is a heat pump”. Does it mean a heat pump system can be a one system and a split system also (in that the compressor is in that mystery box or what all is in the mystery box is in the compressor, thus making it a “one system”), or does it mean a heat pump and a split system are two entirely different animals, and if so what are they in comparison to one another? I was told if i put gas heat in i will be in the same category as a seller trying to sell a house with a swimming pool - it is hard to sell, so i guess i will have to put back the heat pump - split system whatever. For 13 years ihave been calling the thing that was drug out of here a “heat pump”, but was it a heat pump? Its box is still here in the hall in a sort of closet. In there is the central fan i use to circulate air through the ducts. It runs off the now gone heat pump whatever thermostat. Underneath is the air intake, which i have highly filtered (two filters), one metal sort of filter i paid more than i can remember (it was 3 figures) that fits snug under the floor on which the box sits, and then i have another one covering the screen at the hole in the hall wall that leads into the box’s closet - it is at the floor. You can open it, and in there is nothing (on the floor that is) unless you stick your head into the hole and look up. I never did that so i donot know what you would see, however i guess it would be the box’s bottom/feet who knows or the floor the box sits on with a hole in it for the air vent?. The old heating unit used to run air conditioning when you switched the thermostat one way and heat when you switched it the other way. For some reason it stopped running. People said it was because it was old (i took that personal like) and also said the fins were rusted from the salt air - no one ever said anything about the box, so i guess all ihave to do is plunk a compressor whatever right down where the “old” one was and hook up the new one the same way (after i find out what it was: split system or heat pump whatever)? __________________________________________________ _____________________________ Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com - Accounts Starting At $6.95 - http://www.uncensored-news.com The Worlds Uncensored News Source |
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