My son bought a new (to him) first house here in Virginia Beach. Have been helping him with various problems. I asked him how his heat pump was working.
He said it was not a H/P but an A/C. I asked him how he got his heat. He led me to the garage where his water heater has split output and input lines. One output runs through a circ pump. He said he was told that is his heat. My guess (didn't get up in the attic to see as that was not the problem of the day)
is that there is some sort of coil in his air handler and that is where the heat is coming from. My friendly Trane dealer says it is called a "water furnace" or "apollo" heat. Web search reveals those to be trade names, but mostly for ground source systems.
All in all, it looks expensive to operate and inefficient. Can anyone give me a SWAG on what this is and where I might get more info.
TIA
Roy
He said it was not a H/P but an A/C. I asked him how he got his heat. He led me to the garage where his water heater has split output and input lines. One output runs through a circ pump. He said he was told that is his heat. My guess (didn't get up in the attic to see as that was not the problem of the day)
is that there is some sort of coil in his air handler and that is where the heat is coming from. My friendly Trane dealer says it is called a "water furnace" or "apollo" heat. Web search reveals those to be trade names, but mostly for ground source systems.
All in all, it looks expensive to operate and inefficient. Can anyone give me a SWAG on what this is and where I might get more info.
TIA
Roy