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The Heat Pump in Your Orlando Home: Its Cooling, Heating and Defrost Cycles

The Heat Pump in Your Orlando Home: Its Cooling, Heating and Defrost Cycles

October 24, 2013

An air-source heat pump is a technological marvel capable of producing either heating or cooling for your Central Florida home, whichever is needed at the time. Both heat pump heating and heat pump cooling incorporate the same principles of heat transfer, with a reversing valve responsible for reversing the function from one to the other. …

Is Your Heat Pump Freezing Up? Call an Expert

Is Your Heat Pump Freezing Up? Call an Expert

February 19, 2013

Heat pumps come equipped with a defrost cycle that activates at specific times. Usually the defrost cycle is triggered by a timer at 30-, 60- or 90-minute intervals. Some more expensive heat pumps also include a sensor that detects when frost is building up and then triggers the defrost cycle. Most of the time, the …