Go With A Company That Started It All -- Buy An Energy-Efficient Carrier Heat Pump
Have you ever heard of "manufactured weather?" Probably not, but if you are shopping for a new heat pump, you should know that this phrase was coined by a man named William Carrier -- the founder of the company that now bears his name.
Today, Carrier is practically synonymous with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning -- there are presently over 20,000 dealers in the United States, Canada and Mexico selling Carrier equipment. According to their company website, Carrier HVAC equipment has been installed in such diverse locations as the US Library of Congress and the Sistine Chapel!
How Does a Carrier Heat Pump Work?
For many people, heat pumps are a big mystery -- they really don't quite understand their operation. In order to get a better handle on how a Carrier heat pump operates, imagine taking a hot, steamy bowl of chicken soup and placing it on your kitchen counter for two hours. What would it be like when you tasted it? Why, it would be cold, of course. The heat energy that was present in the hot soup has escaped into the surrounding atmosphere -- it "moved" -- and Carrier heat pumps operate using this fundamental principle of nature. When it's cold outside, your furnace downstairs heats your home by burning natural gas, wood or by using electricity. Your Carrier heat pump, on the other hand, will warm one or more rooms in your house by "borrowing" or taking heat energy from another location -- outside, for example. And what happens when the weather turns warmer outside? Well you can change the settings on your Carrier heat pump to reverse this process -- consequently extra heat in your home will be "moved" outside, thereby lowering the temperature inside to keep you cool and comfortable. The big thing to keep in mind here is that your carrier heat pump is not actually creating heat energy -- it is simply moving it around. This means that expensive fossil fuels or electrical energy does not have to be used -- and that means that your carrier heat pump is extremely energy-efficient, as compared with traditional furnaces. We Don't Have Duct Work in Our Home -- Can We Still Use a Carrier Heat Pump? Many people who live in older homes do not have traditional forced-air ducts -- and in the past they have relied upon electric or steam-based heating systems. Installing ductwork in any home is an expensive undertaking, but we have some good news for you -- you can purchase Carrier heat pump units that are designed to work without air ducts. This means that you now have an additional option in heating and cooling your home. But even if you have traditional ductwork in your home, you still may wish to purchase a ductless Carrier heat pump unit, as the air ducts in many homes are joined together rather loosely -- permitting a lot of heat energy to escape. When you install a new, energy-efficient, ductless Carrier heat pump system you can entirely bypass those old, energy-wasting forced-air ducts.
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