if it's the outside unit, it will always be hot air. that's the air being pulled out of the house. cold air in, hot air out.
It works by pumping the heat that is inside the fridge to the outside, leaving the inside cold. If you put your had behind a fridge you can feel the heat emerging.
The simple analogy I use when teaching HVAC classes to describe an "air-to-air Heat Pump" goes like this:Think of a window air conditioner. When it runs, it blows cold air into your room, and hot air outdoors. What it's actually doing is transferring the heat from your room to outside.What if you could turn the window air conditioner around in cold weather? Then it would blow the warm air that used to go outdoors into your room, while it "air conditioned" the outside.That's how a Heat Pump works. It doesn't physically move the components of the air conditioner around, but it reverses the direction of refrigerant flow so that it "air conditions" the outdoors while heating your house.The HVAC Veteran
Decrease temperature difference between cold coolant and hot coolant
A heat pump is somethign that heats water. It can be used to heat your water at home with your shower or you can have a heat pump to heat your pool at home or work
A heat pump can do that - for example, a refrigerator or an air conditioning system. This does require energy - heat will freely go only from hotter to colder bodies.
It takes a few minutes of run time for the compressor to warm up the discharge gas, which is the heat source.
check the heater core
For sure i do
Do you have a heat pump or Gas Furnace? With my car, it was Heater matrix clogged with radiator sealant. The workshop cleaned it and it's start working fine!
An Amana heat pump works just like an air conditioner would work. When the temperature outside starts falling, the heat pump automatically turns on and by reversing the process of turning air cold, it heats the air instead, thus allowing you to keep your home warm.
In a Cold Climate and Hot Climate: Each ton of heat pump capacity can heat/cool approximately 500-600 square feet.In a Moderate Climate: Each ton of heat pump capacity can heat/cool 600-700 square feet.So either a 5.0 ton heat pump in a cold climateor a 4.5 ton heat pump in a moderate climate.
no sounds like your wires are crossed at your thromsthat Answer If you have a heat pump system, YES the compressor should run. You can find out if the system is a heat pump usually by looking at the thermostat. Heat pump thermostats usually have "Cool-Off-Heat-Emergency Heat" on the system switch. Another way would be to feel the air coming out of the outside unit when the heat is on. If the air coming out feels very cold, then it's a heat pump. even if you have a heat pump, the only way the in door unit should be producing heat is if you are all electric if you are gas the heat pump should lockout to prevent the persure from getting to high causing the indoor coil to blow up.
There is still enough heat in the air to run your heat pump when the temp is in the 30,s
Low coolant? Bad thermostat? Heater core plugged, restricted or airbound? Bad heater control? Water pump not circulating coolant?
Refrigerant
Window units are used to heat specific areas of the home. If you want to heat your whole house a heat pump is the better choice.
That is exactly how a heat pump works in heating mode are you sure it's not a heat pump?