Hvac Electric Heat Strips

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Hvac electric heat strips.

Air handler electric heat strips in your air handler in residential applications an air handler is usually used for forced air distribution of central air conditioning. An electric heat strip looks like a series of coils. Heat strip kits are generally the least efficient heating option but the only other option for homes that do not have access to a gas fuel source. A heat pump uses less electricity than a typical electric furnace.

14 seer 80 or 95 afue combo. If you have a heat pump that uses electric backup heat it probably uses electric heat strips which use a lot of electricity. Depending on how cold your winters are you may not use this often. Air conditioner gas furnace cased coil.

15 16 seer heat pump single stage variable speed. Essentially it converts the air handler into a small scale electric furnace. The common air handler is a cabinet with a blower controls and houses the air conditioning evaporator coil. 15 16 seer 80 or 95 afue combo.

It attaches to the air handler on an air conditioning system and then heats the air coming out of the blower with the ac in fan only mode. An electric heat kit is not a heat pump coil or heat strip but a furnace heating coil that produces heat directly and distributes it through your central air handler. Heat strips are wire elements in your unit that are heated by electricity which in turn heat the air that flows over them. Heating air using heat strips requires much more energy but your heat pump relies on these strips to perform certain tasks such as defrosting your unit.

14 seer heat pump. 15 kw goodman electric strip heat kit with circuit breaker hksc15xb 3 3 out of 5 stars 5 warmlyyours tct240 kit ot 864 tempzone electric floor heating cable kit with strips. 16 seer two stage compressor 80 or. A heat pump is usually more cost efficient and can be supplemented with a heat strip kit in below freezing weather markets for an all electric home.

16 20 5 seer heat pump multi stage variable speed. 15 16 seer heat pump high efficiency.