Heat Pumps in 2024 | What You Should Know

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In this video we talk about heat pumps in 2024 and everything you need to know. If you're shopping for a heat pump, there is a lot to consider and a lot of new heat pumps coming to the US market in 2024. Whether you're considering a geothermal heat pump, an air to water heat pump, or a traditional Air Source Heat pump, in this video we cover what you need to know about heat pumps. We cover things like the inflation reduction act and heat pump tax credits, as well as the tax credits available for geothermal heat pumps in 2024.

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[reganovich]

good information..glad to hear it happening in America finally..Peace from Ireland! Remember they work in Norway for last 40 years so they do work!

[splitliving]

I thank you for this extremely informative video. As an older woman, I have found all this “new” technology overwhelming to research. Your explanations of air-to-air heat pumps have enabled me to feel so much more confident when I move forward.

[ELCrisler]

A few weeks ago we did a new HVAC system for our home. We live in a single story home of about 1500 square feet. We had a system composed of baseboard heating in the living area (big open floor plan with kitchen, family and living room as essentially one room) and two of the three other rooms. (Two bedrooms and an office) We then had a window unit in one bedroom and the office a 18000 BTU air unit in the wall of the living area.

With no ductwork in the home we opted for a full ductless HVAC system. My initial plan was to use a single outdoor unit and then split to heads in the three rooms and the living area. After sitting down with the installers we decided to go with three separate external units. By doing this we do not need to run any condensation pumps, which is just one more thing that can go wrong. The living area has a single head attached to a 18000 BTU unit. The office is a single head on a 9000 BTU and the two bedrooms share an 18000 BTU external with a head in each room.

The office was the problem child room for a number of reasons, it sits in the middle of the home and has real issues with cooling. The area is around 2000 square feet with three high powered computer systems running almost all the time. This means in the summer the office can be 10F to 20F warmer than the rest of the house EASILY, thus why I installed a window unit for just that room, initially. During the winter it needs substantially less heat. However the problem is the in between. When the outside temp in say 45 to 50 F it is not uncommon for the office to me in the low to mid 80F range. So we needed a way to keep the office cooled when the rest of the house might need to be warmed.

This is where I got my first education on the heat pump system. It can only heat or cool at any time. So while a larger single unit with split heads might have sounded like the right idea, the office all but required us to look at separate system so it could switch between heating and cooling modes independent of the rest of the house. The other three "zones" are at opposite ends of the home and to avoid a lot of runs through the attic we choose to go with each end of the house on a separate unit.

The result has been outstanding. We are drawing less than half the total daily KW usage with this system than we have drawn on similar temp days for the last year. The house has a stable temp, while we can independently control each room we keep the same temp house wide. There are no "hotspots" in the home on COLD mornings. You know those places near a heater where the air is much warmer. The whole house has a uniform feel to the air.

I live at the South end of Illinois, where the Mississippi and Ohio meet, so we see some cold but nothing crazy. The units we got are Carriers rated to 100% heat capability at down to -4F and 70% at -22F so more than enough to handle a typical winter. They are near silent and we could not be happier.


I get the desire to have a single external unit, however there is a lot to be said for the efficiency and options multiple external units offer.

[politicallyincorrectcarpen]

I recently got a Mr cool 5 ton with inverter tech. Amazing!! At 15 below kept my house warm no problem. And the wind blows like crazy in Oklahoma. $5, 000 total cost (using existing ductwork). Came with pre charged lines so no havac guy to deal with and no labor cost. Except my own of coarse. 3, 000 sf home heated and cooled for under 5 grand. U can’t beat that.

[mariobriccetti]

The key is to have a system that matches your load. DON'T OVERSIZE. Installers typically oversize because it makes them more $ and always provides enough capacity. However this capacity oversize comes with an enormous cost in efficiency. Always find what you building's heat loss is and match the system's capacity to that.

[BryanSeigneur]

Wife informed me our rural heat pump home was peaking our bill in the winter! I installed a EPA 2020 smokeless/secondary-burn woodstove. I fire that up during much of our mild winter and never trip the thermostat on the heat pump. Plus it's gorgeous!

[davidunwin]

I switched from gas ducted hearing to Panasonic split systems (and solar panels) and am saving easily $1200/yr. The AC payback time is 4 years and solar panels are 6 years. Split systems are controlled with an app on my phone. Such a great upgrade. My hot water is also a heat pump. (Australia).

[stephenhenry]

I've been an HVAC tech for many years, and learned some things from this video. Nicely done. I won't mention brands, but the single stage units are a very good, all around type ACs (especially for hot climates like Phoenix, Yuma, Las Vegas, Indio, Palm Springs, etc), and in my opinion is nearly always a good long term option because of its simple basic design, which was mentioned in the video. Also, the inverter types are the most quiet in operation, but the single stage type are being manufactured with considerable noise reduction in design, especially compared to 10+ years ago.

[evil]

Good job mate, covered a lot of info & scenario’s. Daiken inverter splits are a great choice and are very quiet. I think to consider buying a propane based system is also a big plus for efficiency.

[jeverhart]

What do you think about a single stage and just adding a soft start?

[britav]

What would you recommend for a new construction home, about 2500 square feet in the Northeast? I'm looking for something reliable, 10+ year warranty and high efficiency. The home will be on natural gas. Thank you!

[jameswoodford]

A very informative and speed based delivery making it fairly easy to follow without having to rewind.
Not having looked at heat pump systems until this week I was struck by the thought that they were just a refrigerator in reverse but your excellent delivery has shown me that I was initially correct and that it does in fact work both ways depending on the time of year.

[DaveIngle]

Thanks Howard! I am so glad you continue to publish these videos. I'm about to purchase an older home in Northern Wisconsin that is only heated via a pellet stove... Yeah, that's what I thought. I'm going to be renovating and insulating to modern standards. And, updating / installing something that doesn't require me to feed Seymour so often! FYI I sent you a PM, as well.

[truhunk]

You didn't mention the new more efficient R290 (propane filled) heat pumps.

[ppumpvalve]

I’m getting an American Standard Quest cold climate 21 seer installed.. its a 2 or 3 ton heat pump.. set by a switch, going from an electric forced air furnace.. @ a $300 month electric bill. Can’t wait to see what my electric bill is.

[jeffchamberlin]

I currently have a hydronic air handler that circulates hot water from our gas water heater. This works well but during transition months in Chicagoland we can't have air con and heat since I have to turn off the circulating hot water before I can turn on the air conditioning. Would it be a huge hassle to add a heat pump that uses the existing air handler and maintains the hydronic heat for the coldest months while using a heat pump for heat and cooling during the rest of the year?

[michaelm]

We'd like to add an air source heat pump to our current gas furnace/AC ducted system. Our 3000 sf house was built in 2012, and we installed solar with battery in 2020. The original Carrier furnace is in good condition, but we're not sure if we should replace it at the same time. Our intention is to use the heat pump almost exclusively in this southern California climate, and reserve the furnace as a backup for power outages.
We figure that the power draw on only an air handler for the furnace is low, so either the house battery can handle that, or in the event of limited solar production, the V to L battery on the Ioniq 5 can pick up the slack.

Since the furnace will be used only sparingly, can it be replaced at a later date if necessary?
What about the sizing of the heat pumps? There is a 4 ton and and 3 ton A/C unit in the current setup. We're thinking that with a dual fuel system, we could go smaller on the sizing.
When I look for info about sizing to a design temperature, the figures I see for our county are 11° and 112°F. We've lived here for 35 years and never seen temperatures close to those.
Anyway, your thoughts would be appreciated.

[KidKallum]

Bro is there a wall mounted reverse cycle unit that also has a dehumidifier function that works during the heating function (so not just while the AC is running) that you would recommend?

[BobBeville]

Another great Video . I'm in S Florida and recently installed a Daikin Fit Heat Pump and haven't had to have it on for heating and just a couple of days for cooling. I have it set to off and noticed that the outside unit does run occasionally which according to the installer is normal. Does that sound correct to you?'

[abdulraoof]

Can you connect multiple heat pumps in series?