So I have a heat pump at my house with an electric resistance heat furnace for backup. For the last three years I have been switching to “emergency” heat when the temp got below 32. Now I find out that the heat pump automatically calls auxillary heat when it needs it. So tonight I’m upstairs and the heat pump is keeping @ 68 degrees but it has been running constantly and is pretty annoying. Hopefully I get use to it. Any hvac experts out there? Am I running this thing correctly? Am I going to get my utility bill and find that it was cheaper to run on just pure electric rather than running the heat pump pretty much all night.
Tags: emergency heat, heat pump, hvac, lennox
