I had a new Rheem heat pump system with the variable-speed air handler installed 2 years ago. 14 SEER. The thing works great in the summer and winter as long as the temperature stays above freezing. When it's 20 degrees out, the thing keeps doing it's defrost thing ever so often and when it does that, it blows COLD air on us. As a result, we are not comfortable. To get some heat, I have to put it on emergency heat mode and bump the thermostat up about 6 deg. to get it into the second stage so we can get warm. IN emergency mode, the blower never shuts off, even though it reaches temperature. There must be a better way. Does anyone have a suggestion? We're in Fort Worth, Texas, so we don't get that many days of below freezing. But when we do......
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15 years ago