Coleman AC. Should we upgrade to heat pump
Our 2017 Jayco has a Coleman AC. We miss the Dometic heat pump that was in our Forest River. Thinking of pulling out the AC. Any feedback on upgrading to a heatoump Is one brand better than anot...
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chuckftboy wrote:I'm in Washington State and am a big fan. Sure during the dead of winter it won't work but the rest of the heating season it's great.
Heat pumps are a great way to heat the coach when temperatures are not below 38. we live in Florida and spend a lot of time in the South East so for us they are perfect. Most heat pumps put out around 14,000 BTU's at the same power consumption an electric heater uses to produce 5,000 BTU's. Put another way, a roof a/c with a heat strip produces 1/3 the BTU's produced by a heat pump.
A heat pump has a COP of 3 and a heat strip has a COP of 1 meaning the pump is 3 times more efficent at the same power consumption. Generally people north of the Mason Dixon line ae not big advocates of heat pumps.
