brwndad
Jan 23, 2010, 08:55 PM
Recently had my trusty 40 yr old York heat pump replaced under a home warranty contract. The installer said he wired the heat strips to run all time time in heat mode to reduce the run time on the compressors thereby saving electricity and providing a more comfortable 'instant on' heating rather than waiting for the compressor/heat exchanger to warm up along with all the duct work. Sounded odd at the time of install, but he insisted that everyone likes the heat to come on fast and it would save money. Any thoughts? Said he did it with a jumper wire in the tstat.