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Durham Region Air Conditioning Repair, Service and Installation

ASHP otherwise known as Air Source Heat Pump

At first glance an Air Source Heat Pump can look identical to an Air Conditioner, however one clue it’s a Heat Pump is that both refrigerant lines are insulated, whereas only one of refrigerant lines is insulated on an Air Conditioner. This is because a Heat Pump is designed using a reversing valve that can cycle the refrigerant in both directions, essentially flowing the refrigerant backwards compared with an air conditioner that has a refrigerant capable of flowing in one direction only. Many people are now considering replacing their existing Central Air Conditioner with a Heat Pump and this can be done whether using an Electric Furnace or even a modern Gas furnace. We have many options available that give you the ability to heat your home without using the gas furnace until it’s very cold outside, otherwise the heat pump can handle the job for similar operational costs to the gas furnace. Another thing to remember when you install any Heat Pump is that the outside unit should be at least 18 inches above the ground. This is because when a Heat Pump is running in the winter to heat your home or building, it creates condensation which freezes on the coil outside and so every so often the Heat Pump has to go into a Defrost Mode which will cause water to drip off of the unit where it then freezes during winter months. If your Heat pump was on the ground, it would freeze up into a block of ice during the winter and that could be disastrous!

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