Oh yeah. It is probably four feet tall and it is all coil. THe compressor and fan take up very little space in this cabbinent. Yep, it got down to about 12 degrees or so. I don't recall exactly how far Skysville is from here, but there are a lot of villes around here. grin
On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Lee A. Stone wrote: > > Yes I forgot Scott even in Maryland it got cold. my brother in law > has a set up like yours and he lives over in Skysville. . is your > unit like a big washing machine ?I mean for size. Lee > > On Tue, Mar 03, > 2009 at > 09:18:45AM -0500, Scott Howell wrote: > > Hey Lee I live in Maryland > > On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Lee A. Stone wrote: > > > > > > > > what state do you live in scott?Lee > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 05:18:32AM > > > -0500, Scott Howell wrote: > > > > Folks, as it is 14 degrees outside this morning, I have been > > > wondering > > > > about something. I am stuck with a heatpump at least for a > while, so > > > > getting rid of the unit of course would solve my problem but > since > > > > that is not an option, let me ask a question. > > > > When it gets this cold outside, the compressor outside will > still > > > run > > > > and one of the emergency or backup heat strips generally will > come > > > on > > > > to supplement the heat that doesn't exist. These heater strips > are > > > > typically 5Kw and 10Kw. The system will use first the 5Kw and > the > > > 10Kw > > > > as necessary, which means a total of 15Kw if you kick on the > > > emergency > > > > heat. THe only advantage of the emergency heat is the > compressor is > > > > not running and you get heat that is around 120 degrees or > maybe a > > > > little less. So, I am wondering on days when the temperature > is so > > > > cold that the heatpump can't really extract warmth from the > outside > > > > air, would it make sense to switch to the emergency heat? > Would this > > > > save me any money? I imagine it will come down to how much > > > electricity > > > > is being used and that may be the simple answer, but I am > curious if > > > > anyone has explored this question and has any thoughts? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > "... there could be talking bunny rabbits, spiders who write > English > > > messages > > > in their webs, and for that matter, melancholy choo-choo trains. > > > There could > > > be, I suppose, but there aren't--so my theory doesn't have to > > > explain them." > > > [Daniel Dennett] > > > Are you curious? Visit my web site: http://www.sedac.mailsent.net > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- > "... there could be talking bunny rabbits, spiders who write English > messages > in their webs, and for that matter, melancholy choo-choo trains. > There could > be, I suppose, but there aren't--so my theory doesn't have to > explain them." > [Daniel Dennett] > Are you curious? Visit my web site: http://www.sedac.mailsent.net > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
