How to know if a unit has heat pump
I am looking at a used unit, whose manufacturer has gone out of biz. The brochure mentions the heat pump as an option, but can't tell if this particular unit has one or not. Salesman says it says,...
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For cooling heat pumps function like a normal AC unit except there are some efficiency differences between them. In mild weather a heat pump has a reversing valve that allows it to take heat from the outside air and blow it inside the camper. In this mode camper heat pumps usually work down to about 40 degrees. Then the furnace takes over at temperatures below that. AC units sometimes have electrical heat strip units in them making them useful in mild conditions for heat. This arrangement is not a heat pump. Also in a household heat pump system they generally have what is called emergency heat which can be an electric heat strip or a gas furnace. Generally household heat pumps will provide heat down into the 20s or lower.
Camper heat pumps are much like the household units but not as sophisticated.
Camper heat pumps are much like the household units but not as sophisticated.
