My heater has not been putting out any warm haet at all for 12 days. Someone said that it was probably out of freon. I thought thats what you needed to run the airconditioner in the summer. Does anyone know if freon has anything to do with the heat also? This is in my house.
2007-01-13 07:47:52 · 6 answers · asked by Jamie D 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Heat pumps are reverse air conditioners, they work as an air cond. in summer and in the winter reverse the action to heat, up to about 30 degrees out side they work fine, after that the electrical strip heaters in your air handler(furnace kick-in in stages to assists your heat pump, so yes there is freon involved, take it from there.
2007-01-13 10:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by wilson 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A heatpump does use some type of refrigerant such as Freon. It just switches the direction of the flow of Freon. A lot of them have back up electric heaters if it gets real cold outside. So yes, Freon can be used for heating.
2007-01-13 10:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by brian d 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are probably right, freon is usually only for cooling. However, if your heat is provided by a heat pump, maybe not. I am not certain, my memory is not what it used to be, but i think heat pumps use freon or one of the "green" replacements for it to do their job. you do not say whether it is electric, gas, or what, so i am just guessing anyway.
2007-01-13 07:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by tootall1121 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a refrigerant in a heat pump system but heat pumps are rare. What kind of heater have you got?
2007-01-13 08:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. not event with a heat pump
Freon is just for the outside condenser unit, It has nothing to do with the heat. Probably the heating element in the blower unit in the house
2007-01-13 07:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by luvformypit 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no it doesn't !!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-13 07:56:58 · answer #6 · answered by wade w 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋