Number one:
How does a heat pump work?
Number two:
Is it economically feesable to put a programmable thermostat on a heat pump with the auxiliary heat strips in it?
Reason I ask this is, when the temperature drops more than 2 degrees, the aux. heat strips come on till the temp. gets up to where the heat pump alone can make up the temp.
Now, If I were to program......
6:00am/// 68deg
8:00am/// 64deg
3:00pm/// 68deg
11:30pm/// 64deg.
Would it be better to just let the heat pump run at 68deg all the time?
Or knock the temp down to 64 and when the time came to let it come back up to heat, have the auxiliary strips come on and watch the electric meter act like a flying saucer trying to lift off from the side of my house?
Do you see my problem?
It has to take a ton of electricity to charge those auxiliary strips, so would I be better off to just let the pump itself run?
Next question........
What do you know about these???
Authorized Eden Pure and Sun Twin Dealer - EdenPURE 1000 XL - Rated To Heat up to 1000 Square Feet
The finished part of the basement, is to cold.
My daughter is whining, and justifiably so.
She brought me a thermostat up Saturday and showed me a 5 degree difference from the upstairs to the basement.
The finished part is almost exactly 1000 sq. ft. down there, so I think this would be the best way to warm it up???
Come on..... somebody take me to school, cuz I ain't smarter than a 3rd grader!!!