| There are several different types of heaters that | | | | on how many passes and how many stages |
| you can use to supply heating and air conditioning | | | | there might be. |
| to your home or business. There is the gas heat | | | | Heat pumps are the answer to the resistance |
| and electric cooling, electric resistance heat and | | | | heater. Heat pumps cost less to run then |
| electric cooling, and there is electric heating and | | | | resistance heat does and they tend to produce a |
| cooling also known as a heat pump. Each has its | | | | more even temperature rise in the space which is |
| advantages and there are many opinions as to | | | | supposed to lead to better comfort. The same |
| which is the best, efficient and most cost | | | | compressor that you would normally use to cool |
| effective to use. | | | | your home is used to heat it as well. Through a |
| The gas heat unit produces heat through the | | | | reversing valve and a couple of check valves the |
| burning of natural gas or propane. The heat | | | | refrigerant that normally removes the heat from |
| produced is forced into a baffled chamber called a | | | | the space actually brings the heat in to the space. |
| heat exchanger. When the exchanger reaches the | | | | Each of these methods does have its merits. If |
| right temperature the blower turns on forcing the | | | | you do not have access to gas or propane you |
| heat into the room through floor or ceiling | | | | can have resistance heat or a heat pump installed. |
| registers attached to duct work. Depending on | | | | Gas heat is thought to be to hot and dry by |
| what part of the country you live in the use of | | | | some, blasting down on the occupants of the |
| gas for heating is typically the most economic | | | | space. Resistance heat, well it is just to expensive |
| way to heat a home or business. The heat | | | | to use so I would stay a way. Heat pumps are |
| produced by gas or propane tends to be warmer | | | | nice for areas with out gas or propane. They tend |
| and dryer. | | | | to require some resistance heat because when |
| If you want to see your electric meter spin out | | | | running in heat their out door coils tend to frost |
| of control, try living through a winter using | | | | up and require thawing to operate correctly. |
| resistance heat. Resistance heat is all electric, it is | | | | Defrost is provided by putting the unit back into |
| like a space heater on steroids. Inside the heater | | | | cooling forcing the hot gas back through the |
| in front of the fan section there will be a set of | | | | outdoor coil causing the coil to defrost. Meanwhile |
| coiled wires stretched between two posts these | | | | the resistance heat has to be brought on to |
| are called passes and depending on the amount of | | | | temper the cold air coming into the space. |
| kilowatts or KW these strips put out will depend | | | | |