Dad bought his in 2003. He fired the local contractor because he just shot his mouth off and did nothing for 8 weeks. So Dad just went and talked to an HVAC guy until he convinced him to sell just the heat pump unit. It weighs about 330lbs. Dad did all his own ductwork and remodeling - it is a forced-air heating system (not much of a problem if you had a gas furnace before though.) Dad paid about $6,000 for the unit, and about $11,000 to have the wells drilled in the back yard and the water lines sunk (though the well driller also did a water well for us at the same time.) The bigger unit capacity was on two fronts: 1) Dad's selection for the old house was a furnace that the contractor said was more than twice what was needed (so this is a pattern with Dad) and 2) he liked the higher efficiency of the "scroll" compressors over conventional compressors, and I think he had to go 5ton at the time to get it. (His is from the Ultra-Classic line.) Also his house has rock-wool insulation in it-it's okay, but his folks didn't keep it very warm with the electric baseboard heaters they had. Oh, and he passed on the Emergency Heat electric heater option in the top. He also has it hooked up take the heat it is moving and put it back into a hot water heater for even greater efficiency. His has two compressors for better efficiency and reliability. You only use one compressor for AC in summer, but it takes both compressors for heat after it gets below 30'F outside in winter.
He uses regular windshield washer fluid (the $2/gal antifreeze at walmart) in the loops. The water recirculating pumps are piggybacked (that made no sense to me at the time) and run 24/7. The only time it didn't keep up with heating the house it was -15'F for about 5 days straight the winter of 2004.
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