I have a trane xe 1000 air conditioner and want to swap it out with a heat pump.
2006-08-28 12:08:44 · 6 answers · asked by snigsnug 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Why would you want to. Having both over the years, the heat pump will disappoint you, in Cold & Hot weather.
2006-08-28 12:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by Excel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have any training in the HVAC field, I would recommend against you doing it yourself. You need several specialized tools and you need to know what the heck you're doing. The equipment is too expensive for a novice to be messing with it and you are required to have an EPA refrigerant handing liscense.
You can though replace (I mean have a competent person do it) your a/c unit with a heat pump. I assume you have another source of heat, therefore you can get a fossil fuel thermostat and run the heat pump in warmer weather (down to 35 or lower. The new units work very well and I'm not a big heat pump fan) and then the stat will switch over to your fossil fuel when it's colder. This is an extremely efficient way of controlling your heat.
2006-08-28 13:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Obsean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have an epa certification license, maybe.
you need a vacuum pump, and gauges, oxy/acetyline, and freon, which you can't buy unless you have the certification.
2006-08-28 12:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, u need a HVAC lic......all the right equipment, freon, and the knowledge to do it right..remember $10,000.00 fine to anyone who releases freon into the air.....federal law
lic. gen. contractor
2006-08-28 14:14:41 · answer #4 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you need sorts of tool, that would probably cost more than calling someone out to do it
2006-08-29 00:37:06 · answer #5 · answered by wiggum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beats me, can you?
2006-08-28 12:14:03 · answer #6 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋