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Podcast: HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs
Episode: Q&A - Sizing Heat Pumps for Heat Load - Short #213
Description: In this short Q&A podcast, Bryan answers a listener-submitted question about sizing heat pumps for heat load in heating mode, something that we haven't talked much about in the past due to the greater need for cooling in our market. In most cases across the country, a heat pump's heating loads will be greater than the cooling loads. There is a greater swing between the desired temperature and the actual temperature in heating mode than in cooling mode (in terms of sensible BTUs). We don't want to oversize for cooling because of its lower efficiency, comfort...