If you’re in the market for a new HVAC system, you have many more choices to consider than homeowners of the past. One option not available until fairly recently is the ductless mini-split heat pump, which differs from a traditional centralized air system in a number of key ways.
Here are some of the highlights to keep in mind when assessing this modern temperature control system’s usefulness for your home.
How Heat Pumps Differ From Furnaces
When you turn on a heat pump, the unit does not burn fuel like a traditional furnace, or activate a heating element like an electric furnace. Instead, it funnels existing heat from the local environment (most often from the outside air) and uses a blower to direct that heat into your household’s interior spaces in the winter. During warmer parts of the year, a heat pump’s blower can run in the opposite direction and serve as an air conditioning function by pulling warm air out of and cooling your home.
Ductless Heating And Cooling
If you’re like most Americans, your HVAC system relies on a network of indoor ducts to circulate, heat and cool the air in your home. These metal run through spaces above your ceilings, behind your walls and/or under your floor joists.
A ductless system does not rely on an indoor ducting network for heating, cooling or air circulation. Instead, this type of system features compact heating/cooling units installed in rooms throughout your household. Small tubes known as conduits run from each of these units through a floor or wall to your home’s exterior, then travel onward to the heat pump’s enclosure.
Mini-Split Zone Systems And The Benefits
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n a mini-split heating/cooling system, you’re not forced to circulate air to all of the rooms in your home simultaneously. Instead, you can create separate temperature zones by remotely adjusting the settings of the room-mounted units you have installed. In any given zone, you can set a temperature that differs from the temperature maintained in other zones. You can also shut down all heating and cooling functions in a zone, if you so desire. In addition to improving the comfort of your home, this flexibility can help you control the amount of money you spend on utilities each month.
A ductless mini-split heat pump combines the advantages of heat pumps, ductless heating/cooling systems and mini-split zone systems. In the U.S., residents of many regions live in climates that make this heating/cooling setup a potentially attractive option. Typically, the only weather-related factor that makes the setup impractical is exceedingly cold wintertime temperatures. If you live in a more temperate region, a ductless mini-split heat pump may prove just the right fit for your heating and cooling needs.
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If you live in an area with relatively moderate winters, you have a number of practical options to consider for your home heating system. Top among these options is the heat pump, a device that draws heat from other sources instead of generating it internally like a furnace.
In most cases, heat pumps transfer heat to your household’s interior through a connected network of ducts, which run through unfinished indoor space to room openings called registers.
Since heat pumps don’t generate their own heat, they can potentially save you a lot of money in energy costs. In fact, in a best case scenario, you can save up to 75 percent on your heating bills if you rely on a heat pump instead of a traditional furnace or electric furnace.
During cold winter months, you are perfectly aware that heating costs make up the bulk of your electricity or gas bill.
Air leaks in homes can happen just about anywhere. The best way to detect them is to contact your local energy company and ask them to send a consultant to your home to perform a heat loss audit (this service may be offered for free). If they can’t or won’t send someone you can always hire a private home energy auditor, who will most likely do it for a relatively small fee.
