Should I get a Gas Furnace or Heat Pump System? (...in about a minute)

If you're asking yourself right now, Should I get a Gas Furnace or Heat Pump System, it will depend on a couple things. Watch this quick one-minute video that might help you decide.

A gas/electric system is probably the most popular system in our area. They use natural gas, or in some rural areas, LP Gas. The gas is used to fuel the flame that heats up the furnace. Of course, the air conditioner runs on electricity. This is why they’re called gas/electric systems.

A heat pump system is used in areas where gas isn’t available. Also, with the way things are looking, all-electric heat pump systems will soon be the way a lot of states mandate fuel usage when it comes to heating and air.

Anyways, heat pumps use the indoor unit and the outdoor unit together, whether in air conditioning mode or heating mode. It’s all-electric, which means no emissions. These conventional-style heat pumps aren’t the most efficient systems in the world though.

[jkbrown]

Natural gas, these days, is often a good choice for heating, but you have to factor in the political risk that low NG prices may disappear. LP and electricity pricing is often a wash, although LP follows fuel gasoline pricing so electricity might be better currently. This is for conventional packages as the mini splits improve heat pump performance at low temps. The real loss of efficiency in operation and ignoring poor low temp design of older conventional systems, come from the need to defrost the outdoor coil using indoor heat or part of the heat from the electric resistance coils. So cold weather efficiency will be better where low winter humidity is the norm.

[MrArtist]

I switched from nat gas air force furnace to a heat pump HVAC is saved a TON of money, but I do have solar panels so virtually all of my electricity is free. I find the heat pump blows hot enough air, even in the coldest nights, and super cold air on the hottest summer days. No doubt, the way to go is a heat pump system with solar panels.

[KordTaylor]

I wish they had some actual energy bills as part of this.

[blinko]

Thank you for this video very informative.

[D-Allen]

I get a little concerned when people refer to heat pumps as electric heat. Yes they run on electricity, but they are ~2-4 time more efficient than resistive heat (heat strips/coils). Heat pumps take the heat from the air outside and move it inside, and yes, there is heat in the air in wintertime; all the way down to absolute zero. I live in Minnesota and I use my heat pump to heat my house in the winter. At a certain temperature outside and depending on propane costs, the propane furnace takes over and the heat pump turns off. I use a balance point work sheet to figure out at what temperature I switch to propane. In my area Natural gas is the cheapest to heat with, than air to air heat pump (depending on outside temps) and them Propane. Also, fuel oil and wood are in the mix somewhere, but electric resistive heat even at 100% efficiency is the most expensive. But if Geo thermal was cheaper to install, I would have gone that way for sure. They just aren't there yet.

[tutubee]

What about clothes dryers, gas vs heat pump type, which is more efficient? Thank you‼️

[fmradio]

Thank you so much. You answered my question before I even asked it.

[jaymbhalodia]

Can u comment on what if we install windows AC facing outwards making cold air outside n heat coil inside is this same as heat pump ? How is efficiency different ?

[madbug]

How come the electric furnaces don't use a heated oil system like space heaters use?

[frankjames]

using an air conditioner in the coldest days ?

[Mrvegasmax]

I have to replace my A coil, line set and out door 5 ton condenser. With LPG cost going up and down and issues with getting it. I am considering replacing the 5 ton with a 5 ton 15-Seer heat pump and a new A coil and new TXV. I'll also replace line set as I am moving the outside condenser over a bit. Question I like the Gas furnace and the heat, so I want gas heat most all the time. So which Thermostat and or items would be required for me to have total control of when or if the heat pump or furnace is give the command to operate. And if there are wrong or right heat pumps to get. My system is Goodman and it's been great. Looking at the GSX160601 and the CAPF4860C6 A coil. My furnace is a Goodman GMNT-120-5 92% LPG furnace. Suggestions from knowledgeable people have kept me alive so far so I am open, thanks, Ron

[Garth]

A question for FFH...an existing 5T package unit mounted up on the roof of a home needs replaced, its 21 years old. Never seemed to function too well, it could generate cold air but the interior always seemed to be warmer than it should. So, question is, would it be advisable to go with a split system or another packaged unit on the roof? I'm thinking a packaged unit doesn't work as well as a split system, is this fair to accurate thinking? Is equipment cost more or less between the two for similar units and would labor be more or equal between them? I'd imagine the roof would have to be closed up so I understand that would be an added cost if changing it to split system. I just don't understand why a packaged unit would be put on the roof of a residential home.

[crumdoggy]

Can you do a video on the inflation reduction act’s heat pump incentives for heat pumps?

[OcRefrig]

Good Video / Good Topic -

Right now - 8/2021.
1) Most inexpensive & Most efficient is Nat. Gas / Lp gas Heat & Mini - Split cooling.

2) 2nd best is - a Package unit. Gas/ electric. no strip heat.

3) 3rd best is - standard gas/electric split systems. No strip heat.
Gas/ Electric with standard
Split system cooling.


In a Perfect world - Where I Believe the Government is trying to get to is All Electric cooling & heating using 100% renewable resources for Electricity creation & storage.
The Problem is - Electricity COST TO THE Consumer right now is off the charts & rediculous.
Electric cost MUST BE Economical to the Consumer or Your Going to have a lot of very pissed off people as the Government transitions to All Electric without keeping Electrical cost reasonable.

[lovetalx]

Is a heat pump more cost efficient than a gas furnace if I have a solar power system with Power wall providing power for everything in my house? With heating oil and gas prices going up this winter which would be more cost effective?

[douglasbaker]

So how many solar panels and battery bank to run a pump for medium sized house in the Midwest northeast Iowa.

[evantorres]

Whenever I get or purchase my own house 🏠 and I have a Central AC and heat. I will most definitely clean my unit out in the spring months and ready to be used for the summer months. And I will change my filter every month to be most efficient and last long. I’ll probably will most likely too rent out a solar panel too reduce my energy bills especially my electric bill.

[totechs]

So if your going to get a heat pump it has to be the top line of a brand with a inverter to be energy efficient. Then just going with a low builder grade heat pump like the cheapest goodman seer 2 heat pump.

[mboiko]

Here in Northern New England (150 miles from the Canadian border), heat pumps will be a tough sell for a long time to come. Many people around here are on Propane/NG with many having a permanently installed Generac generator as backup..which seems to work best. While the -20 Temp and -30 Wild chill we had just last week are not normal temps, we do get extreme weather and at least for now, it seems heat pumps are a much better solution for people living to the south...of a Boston latitude.

[blinko]

My sister who is close to 80 lives in Nevada County. House was built in 1999. She has a Heat pump. During this last now she lost all electrical all propane. She is convinced that the heat pump is connected to a propane line underneath ground and used for heating. My question to you, are heat pumps, and I understand the theory, use propane.? I can’t find the answer anywhere? Thank you in advance