Which Is Better? Heat Pumps VS. Gas Furnaces

Which Is Better? Heat Pumps VS. Gas Furnaces

With winter time coming up for the

, citizens have the choice between, heat pumps and gas furnaces. They are two

options for heating. While we’ve noticed some of our customers try to avoid using their heat, there is more than likely going to be times you need it, we know we do. We’ll compare the

of the two and help you decide which will be

A lot of our customers have heat pumps in Phoenix because they can cool or heat in

, and because the mild weather is

for them to operate properly. In cooling mode the system picks up heat from

it outside and in heating mode it picks up the heat from

. Some people like them just because they think they are more

The heating efficiency of heat pumps is measured in

(heating seasonal performance factor), the higher the rating the more

(British thermal units) heat output over the heating season to watts per hour of electricity used; electricity in Arizona is about

per kilowatt hour. They can produce about one-and-a-half to three times as much heat than the electrical energy it

because it uses that energy to