rolnhome
Casa Grande, Az
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How many of you use your AC/heat pump as the main heater when the temperature outside is in the high 40s or mid 50s. Is it OK to run the heat pump that much?
We're in Arizona
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old guy
Oregon (pronounced Or e gun)
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don't know about TT heat pumps but my home unit works year round and has lasted for 20 years or so
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Scottiemom
South Dakota/Indiana
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We do ours as long as we are on 50 Amp. We've been fulltiming for 7 years. We have two units and use them both till it gets too cold.
Dale
Dale Pace
Wife to Terry (Teacher's Pet)
2006 Tiffin Phaeton 40' QSH, 4 slides (Phaeton Place)
2003 Sport Trac Toad
2004 R-Vision Trail-lite 213
Fulltiming since retiring in 2005
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PegLW
SW Missouri
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We use ours all the time as long as the temps stay above 40 degrees or so. It works wonderfully, even on 30 amp service. We winter in Florida (for about 3 months) and it doesn't get too cold there except for a few nights. We find that our fireplace and the heat pump are all we need. I would never want another RV without a heat pump system.
Peg
Dave and Peggy
2012 Open Range 345RLS
2012 Ford F350 6.7L turbo
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wilpower
Florida
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In a true "heat pump" the hot air is removed from the outside and pumped inside. The exact reverse of AC operation. So no different than running your AC for long periods of time.
Wil & Cyndi & Einstein (African Gray)
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Greyghost
On The Road To Somewhere
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We're sitting in a CG in rain soaked MA and temps down to mid 40's on 30 AMPs and using one heat pump. The stays at 72 on just the one pump.
Pat & Roger Fisher
2004 Mountain Aire 3501
2007 Honda CRV EX-L 4WD,
Jewel and Clifford Bouvier Des Flandres
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eHoefler
ozark mountains
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No different than running the A/C side of it.
2010 Ram 3500, Crew Cab, Long bed, 4 x 4,Dually, Lights & Siren!
2006 40' Landmark Mt. Rushmore
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PackerBacker
Montreal (Qc) Adirondacks (NY) Myrtle Beach (SC)
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I have two and let them run all the time. Use the back one when we're watching tv or eating and use the front one when we're in bed.
Eric
2009 Holiday Rambler Admiral 33SFS (34' 3")
2008 Jeep Liberty - North Edition (4x4 auto)
FQCC/Camping Quebec, KOA, Good Sam, Coach-Net
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SteveRuff
Bacliff, Texas, USA
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I never use my furnace unless it is going to be a hard freeze. I have heard many times the heat pump will not work below 40 degrees but I have found that I stay warm way into the 30's. Since my furnace is ducted through the floor rather than the AC vents, it helps keep things from freezing so I switch over, usually at night, when expecting a freeze.
Both retired. Travel with Nicky the Schnoodle. Son graduated and is teaching high school math. We still love our 2006 34' Allegro Bay XB and have 40,000+ miles on her.
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The Texan
Meridian, Idaho
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The only time our furnace comes on, is if the heat pump tells it to.....Ours switches over automatically between 34° and 36°. There are probably 10 to 15 times as many heat pump hours of operation as there are furnace hours on this coach. We prefer the heat pump to the furnace.
Bob & Betsy(FishNFanatic) - USN Aviation Ret'd '78 & LEO Ret'd '03 & "Oath Keeper Forever"
'05 HR Endeavor 40PRQ, 400 Cummins-Pulling our '11 Silverado LT, Ex Cab 6.2L NHT 4x4, w/2010 Rzr or 01 V Star in back.
Where the wheels are stopped today
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