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Sounds like a heat pump to me. It acts like a normal a/c unit in cooling and a reversing valve switches the direction of refrigerant flow when operating as a heat pump. The hot discharge gas from the compressor goes to the indoor coil instead of the outside coil in h/p mode. It really just moves the heat from the outdoor air and puts it inside. All this by using the magic of the refrigeration cycle. lc

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