There is no state requirement for a home in Alaska to have an air heat pump and therefore it will vary from home to home whether one is present in the home.
Heat pumps have the ability to heat your home in the winter, standard ac just cools in the summer.
Heat pumps use compression pumps and condensers to cool air.
Conventional heat pumps heat homes and buildings by extracting heat from the outside air. In summer months, heat pumps function as air conditioners by reversing the process. Unfortunately, heat pumps are trying to provide heat when the air is coldest outside and to cool when the air is hottest. Thus, in very cold and very hot weather, conventional heat pumps do not operate efficiently.The Geothermal Heat PumpGeothermal heat pumps offer another solution to heat and cool homes and commercial buildings. Instead of exchanging heat with air, these heat pumps exchange heat with the ground or a source of water. This gives geothermal heat pumps a significant efficiency advantage over conventional heat pumps because the ground and water sources are more thermally inert than air. What this means is that the ground below the frost line and bodies of water do not change temperature much no matter what the season. So geothermal heat pumps do not have to work as hard to heat in the winter and cool in the summer as conventional heat pumps do. Consequently, they use significantly less electricity than conventional heat pumps and have less need for auxiliary heating sources. There are two types of geothermal heat pumps. The closed system uses a mix of water and antifreeze that flows through pipes buried in the ground or submerged in a large body of water such as a pond or lake. The open loop system pumps water from a well, pond, or lake through the heat pump and then pumps the water back to the source or to a drainage ditch.Factors to ConsiderGeothermal heat pumps are more efficient than conventional heat pumps, but that efficiency advantage varies greatly. A consumer may see as little as a 20% gain over his current energy source, or he may see in excess of 60% gains in efficiency. Factors such as the local geology, availability of a water source, the type of geothermal heat pump installed, and the cost of the type of energy currently used impact the efficiency gains. Geothermal heat pumps also cost twice as much or more than conventional heat pumps to purchase and install. However, they cost less to maintain and usually have a longer lifespan than conventional heat pumps. Home and business owners should do significant research and seek expert assistance before determining which type of heat pump is right for them.
Air to air simply means a heat pump that sits outside of your home and pulls heat from the outside air. This is the most common type of heat pump.
To service your electric heat pump, you would need to call your local heating and air conditioning repair company. Look them up in the phone book and choose one that is licensed.
In a word YES.Modern quality heat pumps can extract heat from the air even when the temperature is below freezing.
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By using the ground as the source for heat, much like an airsource heat pump uses air to remove the heat from the air on a cold day a geothermal system using the more consistent earth as the source for pulling heat out of the ground to heat your home in the winter and cool your home in the summer. The earths more consistent temperatures allow the system to work better than an air source system and in general the Geothermal system is more effiencent than any other type of heating used in homes.
NIBE provides heating equipment for domestic and commercial use. Their main article is ground source heat pumps. They also offer a selection of air and water heat pumps, exhaust air heat pumps, domestic boilers, water heaters and solar energy solutions.
Not unless you have a fresh air duct connected to the return air system.
Walmart has great deals on air source heat pumps. They have all in on air conditioners and heaters that get the job done for efficiency and compactness.The website of Rheem also has a variety of heat pumps to choose from ranging from various prices and budgets you may have.
E. R. Ambrose has written: 'Heat pumps and electric heating' -- subject(s): Air conditioning, Electric heating, Heat pumps