2007-06-07 17:35:06 · 5 answers · asked by ethan_tonya 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you have a gas furnace stick with gas and A/C. It will be less expensive to run in the winter. Heat pumps are a better solution than an electric furnace if you don't have gas available.
There are heat pumps available that use gas furnace as a backup heat source.
To convert a conventional A/C to HP, the indoor unit and outdoor unit and line set will need to be replaced. You cannot install a reversing valve in an A/C and have it function properly.
To understand how heat pumps function, take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump
2007-06-07 18:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by OrakTheBold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Are you planning on no longer using your furnace?
typically you would have to have the coil in the furnace and the outside unit replaced. And, depending upon the requirements of the system, the copper lineset may need to be replaced.
I also know there are "hybrid" heating and cooling systems that use both a heatpump and a gas furnace.
Check out the options.
2007-06-07 17:41:21 · answer #2 · answered by duhanlorian 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no not without changing the entire unit,the condensor,which is outside and the inside unit as well
2007-06-07 17:44:11 · answer #3 · answered by pattialfy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no they are two different set ups all together
2007-06-07 17:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by Steven C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all wtf. that would be interesting, you can but why. anything is possible, but ah NO
2007-06-07 17:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by mustachekat 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋