Equipment

All Seasons 500 has a selection of central heating & air systems to meet your individuals needs, from financial to warranties, we have the right system for you.

HEATPUMP

It's called a heat pump for what it does-- it pumps heat from one place to another. In winter, it pumps heat into your home; in the summer, it pumps heat out-- just like an air conditioner. A heat pump is not a furnace. It doesn't burn fuel to make heat. Instead it moves heat from one place to another. A heat pump is also called a "coolpump". It might be easier to understand how a heat pump works if you think about the way your refrigerator works. You have probably noticed warm air coming from under your refrigerator when it is running, the heat inside moves outside. The more heat that is removed the cooler the inside air becomes. A heat pump works on this same principal. It can not only remove the heat from your home, but it can also add heat to it. In the summer your heat pump works just like an ordinary air conditioner. And like any air conditioner, it reduces the humidity (moisture) in the air.

WARMS IN THE WINTER

  • Outdoor coil absorbs heat from outdoor air.
  • Refrigerant changes from liquid to vapor.
  • Compressor increases pressure, heating the vaporized refrigerant. then it pumps the vapor to the indoor air coil.
  • Hot vapor heats the indoor coil.
  • Indoor air circulates over heated indoor coil and cools the refrigerant vapor.
  • The blower circulates heated air throughout the home.
  • Vapor in indoor coil cools, condenses to a liquid and returns to the outdoor coil.
  • Cycle repeats.

COOLS IN THE SUMMER

  • Blower circulates warm indoor air over cool indoor coil.
  • Indoor coil cools and dehumidifies indoor air. Then cool air is distributed throughout the house.
  • Heat from the indoor air vaporizes refrigerant in the indoor coil.
  • Heated refrigerant vapor flows outdoors to compressor.
  • Compressor circulates and compresses refrigerant through outdoor coil.
  • Outdoor fan moves air across coil and cools refrigerant and discharges hot air upwards.
  • Cooled vaporized refrigerant changes to liquid.
  • Liquid refrigerant returns to indoor coil and cycle repeats.

The add on Heat pump works with any forced air heating system--gas, propane or electric. Added to your present furnace, you get the advantages of two heating systems in one plus air conditioning. A typical add on heat pump consists of: a heat pump unit, a furnace, a heat pump/cooling coil, duct work and a control device to operate the system most efficiently.

In most parts of the country a heat pump is more economical than an oil or electric furnace. For instance a heat pump can deliver up to 250% more heat than an electric furnace while using the same amount of electricity. This could mean typical seasonal savings up to 50% on electric bills. Another source of savings is utility rebates. Some electric utility companies offer cash rebates directly to you for purchasing high-efficiency heat pumps or air conditioners. The higher the SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating), the higher your rebate may be. Ask your local power company for the details and rebate amounts.

GASPACKS

Some situations call for special products, such as a gaspack central air system for your special home. A high efficiency combination gas heating and electric cooling unit will provide total year around comfort for your home. In warm weather, it's an all electric, high efficiency air conditioner. In the cold weather, it is a standard natural or propane gas furnace, giving you the best of both energy worlds. The reason you heat or cool with any particular fuel are two fold: availability and economics. The four most readily available sources of energy are:

-Electricity
-Fuel oil
-L.P (liquid petroleum)
-Natural gas

A Forced air furnace draws the cool air through duct work, heats the air and distributes the warm air to your home, either by gas, oil or electricity. Gas and oil furnaces come in many shapes, and selection depends upon the space available for the installation. Air circulation in warm -air system is accomplished by a blower which forces air to circulate. The burner is enclosed in a combustion chamber which is vented to the outdoors. The walls of the chamber function as a heat exchanger--exchanging the heat from the combustion chamber to the air. The blower circulates cool air from the room past the heat exchanger, where it is warmed and forced into the rooms.

An Electric furnace operates in the same way, except the air is heated directly by the heating elements. Upflow furnaces take in the cool return air from the bottom and discharge warm air at the top. Used in houses with basements or overhead air distribution systems. Downflow or Counterflow furnaces take in the cool return air at the top and discharge heated air from the bottom. Used in homes without basements where the air supply ducts are in the floor slab or in the crawl space. Horizontal furnaces lie on their sides. The cool return air enters at one end and the warm supply air is forced out the other. They are usually installed in the attic or suspended beneath a floor.