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My "smart" thermostat keepa telling me my heat pump is running in Emergency Heat mode too much.

Errrr.... its 19°
I left the thermostat in my apartment and in the garage on 50°. My buddy from Church, Steve checks my mail for me and will check my LPG tank once in a while
 
My "smart" thermostat keepa telling me my heat pump is running in Emergency Heat mode too much.

Errrr.... its 19°
At 19 degrees it should be running to much, hard to find any heat at that temp, there is a heater strip on your compressor that may not be cycling right, but 19 is asking alot.
 
My "smart" thermostat keepa telling me my heat pump is running in Emergency Heat mode too much.

Errrr.... it’s 19°
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Doesn’t surprise me one bit! I’ve worked for three different HVAC manufacturers, and across the board I can tell you: They all make a LOT of promises that are pure BS when it comes to heat pumps! Sure, you can still get “heat” out of the air when it’s 10 or 15 degrees outside, but how much? And is it useful heat? Oh, hell no! Let’s face it: Any given house needs a certain amount of BTUs to “fight” the heat loss at a certain temp outside, meaning the colder it is, the more BTUs you need. But with a heatpump, the colder it gets outside, the less heat you get, which is exactly opposite of what you need!!

Speaking from 30+ years of experience: Carrier, Trane, Daikin, Lennox….they're all full of ****, every damn one of ‘em, and a homeowner is lucky if their Balance Point is anywhere near 25 degrees.

</rant>

And yet knowing all of this, I still put a new heatpump system in my own house this past summer!

:lol:
 
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<rant>

Doesn’t surprise me one bit! I’ve worked for three different HVAC manufacturers, and across the board I can tell you: They all make a LOT of promises that are pure BS when it comes to heat pumps! Sure, you can still get “heat” out of the air when it’s 10 or 15 degrees outside, but how much? And is it useful heat? Oh, hell no! Let’s face it: Any given house needs a certain amount of BTUs to “fight” the heat loss at a certain temp outside, meaning the colder it is, the more BTUs you need. But with a heatpump, the colder it gets outside, the less heat you get, which is exactly opposite of what you need!!

Speaking from 30+ years of experience: Carrier, Trane, Daikin, Lennox….they're all full of ****, every damn one of ‘em, and a homeowner is lucky if their Balance Point is anywhere near 25 degrees.

</rant>

And yet knowing all of this, I still put a new heatpump system in my own house this past summer!

:lol:
When I built my house 40 years ago in Maryland where it does get cold in the winter time. I wasn't convinced about heat pumps. So I constructed the outside walls with 6-in material and good insulation. I did use heat pumps, but I used two zones, one for the upper level and one for the lower level. House is 2,900 square feet. Both have LPG gas backup. They seem to work well. I think they are 2 tons each. I did replace the Ruud units around year 25. But all has been good since then.
 
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