I'm buying a well insulated home that has a fairly new Heat Pump with Central Air which works well and Duke Energy has decent much better then REMC rates, HOWEVER they, as typical in this area, use resistance electric heating when temp drops and heat pump efficiency drops drastically and the bearings in the electric meter smoke lol..........
But Natural Gas is available and "typically" in this area Natural Gas heating is more economical then Heat Pump with electric back up.
NOOOOOOOOOO I don't have exact gas and electric rates nor required BTU nor any energy audit nor exact R values etc etc to quote at this time, although I WILL before making any decisions.
QUESTIONS in the meantime to the HVAC gents before I get rates and energy audit and talk to HVAC Contractors
Do they make and is it possible to add on,,,,,,,,,,,, and/or modify,,,,,,,,,,,, or even an ALL NEW unit that would utilize the Heat Pump at say X temp and above BUT WHEN TEMP DROPS TO X DEGREES the Natural gas Furnace kicks in versus the old electric resistance heat at cold temps ???????????????????????????????????? Sure, turn off the electric strip heat and set the t stats so Natural Gas comes on at x degrees BUT THAT SOUNDS SQUIRELLY AND TOO SIMPLE LOL or dump Heat Pump heat all together but leave AC portion and heat ONLY with Gas ???????????? WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS ????????????
I'm NOT interested at this time regarding advantages or disadvantages of different heat methods be it wood or pellet or geothermal or solar or electric or heat pump etc etc etc.......... I'm ONLY wondering if they make or I can modify or add on or buy all new so I have NATURAL GAS HEAT (if cold below X degrees) BUT still utilize the Heat Pump (NO Electric resistance back up) when its not very cold ??????????????????????????????????????
Thanks yall
John T
But Natural Gas is available and "typically" in this area Natural Gas heating is more economical then Heat Pump with electric back up.
NOOOOOOOOOO I don't have exact gas and electric rates nor required BTU nor any energy audit nor exact R values etc etc to quote at this time, although I WILL before making any decisions.
QUESTIONS in the meantime to the HVAC gents before I get rates and energy audit and talk to HVAC Contractors
Do they make and is it possible to add on,,,,,,,,,,,, and/or modify,,,,,,,,,,,, or even an ALL NEW unit that would utilize the Heat Pump at say X temp and above BUT WHEN TEMP DROPS TO X DEGREES the Natural gas Furnace kicks in versus the old electric resistance heat at cold temps ???????????????????????????????????? Sure, turn off the electric strip heat and set the t stats so Natural Gas comes on at x degrees BUT THAT SOUNDS SQUIRELLY AND TOO SIMPLE LOL or dump Heat Pump heat all together but leave AC portion and heat ONLY with Gas ???????????? WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS ????????????
I'm NOT interested at this time regarding advantages or disadvantages of different heat methods be it wood or pellet or geothermal or solar or electric or heat pump etc etc etc.......... I'm ONLY wondering if they make or I can modify or add on or buy all new so I have NATURAL GAS HEAT (if cold below X degrees) BUT still utilize the Heat Pump (NO Electric resistance back up) when its not very cold ??????????????????????????????????????
Thanks yall
John T