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Heat Pump Question

bobby5 — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:42:34 GMT

For those of you with a heat pump, do you have the thermostat fan on "auto" or "on"?

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debfau — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:53:41 GMT

@bobby5 wrote:
For those of you with a heat pump, do you have the thermostat fan on "auto" or "on"?

Normally when AC is running it's on "auto", now if AC is off and it's a nice day but I want air to move around inside I migh turn it to "on".

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mizree — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:57:17 GMT

auto

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Meowingkitty — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:16:51 GMT

Auto.

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fthunt — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:34:30 GMT

Don't have heat pump now.......but always ran ON and do the same now for gas furnace.........ON always.

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Desertdi — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:43:52 GMT

Auto

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Kachina624 — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 01:55:37 GMT

I don't have a heat pump. Are you all saying you don't have thermostats where you control the temperature, just off, on and fan? I know my sister who does have one has a thermostat that she programs to come on, go off, etc.

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RedTop — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 02:17:45 GMT

@bobby5

Ours is always on auto, so it automatically comes on as needed for heat and cooling.

If our thermostat is set on the "on" setting, the heat pump runs continuously without turning off.

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Desertdi — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 02:40:59 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

I don't have a heat pump. Are you all saying you don't have thermostats where you control the temperature, just off, on and fan? I know my sister who does have one has a thermostat that she programs to come on, go off, etc.

@Kachina624 My heat pump has a separate option to let the fan run continually, independently of the heating or cooling.

That's kinda strange to me....since everybody has ceiling fans..... di

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hckynutjohn — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:36:05 GMT

No AC or whole house HEAT. Have a heat pump in our patio room. I never use Auto, I can set the Temp I want, be it AC or Heat. Usually 80° in Summer(if on), and 65° in Winter.

Our Heat Pump has: OFF/ON and AUTO/LOW/HIGH settings. Low and High are for Fan Speed.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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sann — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 08:52:40 GMT

Auto

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Krimpette — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:56:14 GMT

I keep my fan on 24/7.......as does my system service tech.

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gardenman — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:15:45 GMT

Our old forced air heater had a neat feature. Since the air in your basement is cooler than the upstairs air in summer, you could take the back door off the heater and slide it into the air filter slot and the air filter would then slide in where the back door of the heater was. You could then turn on the fan and it would pull the cool air from the basement up into the house. They designed it for that purpose and it worked very well. You could lower the upstairs temperature a good ten degrees for nothing more than the cost of operating the fan. I was more than a little surprised to find it wasn't a feature on every heater and was no longer available when we got a new heater about 25 years ago.

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Carolina925 — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:06:44 GMT

I try to keep my thermostat on 78 in the summer to save electricity. If I turn the fan "on" instead of "auto", I find the house stays a bit cooler and the unit doesn't have to run so much. If the temps aren't too bad outside and the a/c doesn't come on much, the air gets stale. I'll usually turn it (the fan) on around noon and off again around 6 PM. I think it makes a big difference in my power costs.

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bobby5 — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 23:57:04 GMT

Thank you everyone🙂

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Shelbelle — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:08:10 GMT

Auto !!!!

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FiddleDeeDee — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:51:34 GMT

@bobby5 In MD we had the fan running 24/7 as BG&E (Baltimore Gas and Electric) states it is more efficient in the summer for keeping the house cool. We also had an attic fan which came on at a specific temp.

Here in Florida, we do NOT have the fan running; it only comes on when the ac comes on. Initially we did but was informed that this was NOT efficient and made things worse so do not do it. So we don't.

To be honest, it's hot and humid in both places so not sure why one says you should and the other says you shouldn't. *shrugs*