Heat Pump

Why California Winters and Heat Pumps Are a Perfect Match

November 18, 2022

Along with its beaches, palm trees, and sunshine, California is also known for its temperate winters. Beyond warm temperatures, though, the mild winter months in Herald also have another advantage: they provide a perfect climate for using a heat pump to heat your home. Understanding why your California home is a great candidate for a heat pump is the focus of this article. What Is a Heat Pump? A heat pump takes advantage of the fact that heat energy will always move from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration. The heat pump uses a

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Why Do Heat Pumps Use Freon?

October 20, 2022

Heat pump technology is the latest innovation in heating and cooling, and one question we hear about heat pumps is the use of Freon. Consumers are often perplexed as to why a system called a heat pump would need something commonly understood as refrigerant. What Is Freon? You’ll need first to understand why heat pumps use Freon and what Freon is. Freon is the commercial name for one particular brand of refrigerant gas. People use the term to refer to all refrigerants, but Freon hasn’t seen widespread use for decades because Freon was a pivotal contributor

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