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Air Handler Can Be Installed In The Following Configurations:
A heat pump is basically an air conditioner with a reversible valve that allows it to operate in reverse, removing heat from your house and shunting it outdoors in the summer, and removing heat from outdoor air and shunting it into your house in the winter. Heat pumps produce both cooling and heating. Because heat pumps do not actually create heat—they just move it from one place to another—heat pumps are more efficient than other forms of electric heating. Heat pumps gather heat from either air, water or the ground, so are called respectively air-source, water-source, or ground-source heat pumps. Nearly all heat pumps are air-source heat pumps. If your heat pump has an outdoor compressor unit, which draws in and expels outdoor air during heating, it is an air-source heat pump.
The indoor part of a central air conditioning or heat pump system that moves cooled or heated air throughout the ductwork of your home. An air handler is usually an electric furnace or a blower coil.
Air-source heat pumps contain two separate heating systems: the heat pump itself, and heat strips. Heat strips are electric resistance heating coils located inside the indoor air handler, the portion of the system which circulates the indoor air. They look much like the coils inside a kitchen toaster. The heat pump itself is energy efficient and will heat the home at little expense.
The heat strips operate in three different modes:
De-icing - Also called defrost cycle. During winter the evaporator coil in the outdoor compressor unit becomes colder than the outside air, so water often condenses on it and freezes. To remove this ice the heat pump automatically switches for several minutes to the air conditioning mode, which raises the temperature of the frozen coil, melting the ice. During de-icing, heat strips operate to keep the system from cooling the home.
Auxiliary Heat - When
outdoor temperatures drop below 40 degrees, a properly-sized heat pump
by itself is not able to furnish all the heat the house needs. In the
auxiliary mode, heat strips operate simultaneously with the heat pump
to provide the additional heat needed for the home. The auxiliary heat
mode is activated by a second temperature
sensor inside the thermostat when the house temperature falls more than
a few degrees below the setpoint. This includes when someone adjusts the
thermostat setpoint.
Emergency Heat - Emergency heat can be activated by a manual slide switch
located on the thermostat. This mode is used when the heat pump compressor
has failed. It turns off the heat pump to prevent further damage and turns
on the strip heat to continue heating the house.
Determining the heat strip size to order with your new system:
Ask your installer what size heat strip kit to order with your new system. If you have an existing system and are replacing with a like size new system you can check your main breaker panel for the fuse/breaker size that is currently running the air handler.
Look for a label in the breaker box for the breakers that handle the current unit. This will normally be labeled "AHU", "Furnace", "Air Handler" or "Heater". The breaker will be a 2-pole 208/230 breaker as shown above. By checking the numbers on the end of the breaker you can compare to the following list for sizing your heat strip kit. If each breaker is labeled 45, that would support a 8 kW heat strip. The amperage is the number on the end of the breaker and not the two added together. If you need assistance, please call us and we will be happy to assist you.
5kW-30 Amps, 8kW-40 Amps, 10kW-60 Amps, 15kW-90 Amps and 20kW-120 Amps
Note: Heat strip requirement may increase if you are replacing your system due to adding square footage to your residence or if your original system was undersized.
We’ve become the second-largest unit manufacturer of residential air conditioning and heating products by focusing on just one thing—building the most reliable and cost-effective cooling and heating products in the market. Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodman Global, Inc. (NYSE:GGL), is the second-largest unit manufacturer of residential air conditioning and heating systems in North America.
The company’s Goodman® brand products are built on the principals of founder Harold Goodman, a former air conditioning contractor.
Harold’s goal was to manufacture air conditioning and heating equipment that:
Building our products to Harold’s standards, and protecting those products with some of the best warranties in the industry, has helped to make the Goodman brand the second largest domestic manufacturer in the residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry today.
In 1954, Harold V. Goodman, founder of Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., became an air conditioning contractor in the rapidly growing city of Houston,Texas. As the steamy Gulf Coast city grew, so did Harold’s business, and by the late 1960s, he was one of the most successful HVAC contractors in the United States.
In 1975, Harold entered HVAC manufacturing with the formation of Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. The company began as a maker of flexible air duct and plastic blade registers. As this business grew successfully, however, Harold turned his sights to building HVAC equipment, recognizing the industry’s need for a high-quality, low-cost producer of central air conditioning systems. As luck would have it, Harold learned that another HVAC manufacturer was closing its doors and selling off its manufacturing equipment. He quickly stepped in to purchase the shuttering company’s machinery, transported it to a large warehouse in Houston, and in 1982, Goodman entered the market as a manufacturer of central air conditioners and heat pumps.
From the beginning, Harold was dedicated to building HVAC equipment that performed reliably, lasted a long time and solved many of the problems contractors encountered in the design of other companies’ equipment. The philosophies he used to guide his company were simple:
Join the ranks of other homeowners that have taken advantage of the affordable comfort and added value of a Goodman central cooling and heating system.
These same principals guide Goodman today. We remain focused on providing high-quality products at an affordable price, and protecting them with some of the best warranties in the industry. This clear focus has led to Goodman’s being the No. 2 unit manufacturer of residential heating and air conditioning products in North America.
We’ve become
the second-largest unit manufacturer of residential air conditioning and
heating products by focusing on just one thing—building the most
reliable and cost-effective cooling and heating products in the market.
Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodman
Global, Inc. (NYSE:GGL), is the second-largest unit manufacturer of residential
air conditioning and heating systems in North America.
Goodman also manufactures equipment under other market brand names such
as Amana and GMC.
What is ARI?
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) is the national
trade association representing manufacturers of more than 90 percent
of North American produced central air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration
equipment. ARI's national headquarters is located in Arlington, Virginia,
at the Ballston Metro Stop, just minutes from downtown Washington,
DC. ARI traces its history back to 1903 when it started as the Ice Machine
Builders of the United States. ARI was formed in 1953 through a merger
of two related trade associations. Since that time, several other related
trade associations have merged into ARI, making it the strong association
that it is today. Over the past 45 years, ARI has emerged as the major
voice for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry.
ARI Standards
As
one of its most important functions, ARI develops and publishes technical
standards for industry products. ARI standards establish rating criteria
and procedures for measuring and certifying product performance. In this
way, products are rated on a uniform basis, so that buyers and users can
properly make selections for specific applications. Standards are developed
by individual ARI product sections and other interested parties who wish
to participate, then approved by ARI's General Standards Committee. The
more than 60 standards now published are mainly performance-rating standards,
although some are application or terminology standards. Many ARI standards
are accepted as American National Standards. ARI actively participates
in developing international standards and has established a policy of
adopting international standards for use in the United States, when practical
and feasible. ARI is cooperating with the Canadian Standards Association
(CSA) and other groups to establish joint ARI/CSA rating standards and
common U.S./Canadian safety standards.
Performance Certification
In its certification programs, ARI
verifies manufacturers' certified performance ratings of industry products
in continuous and extensive laboratory testing. Each product section,
with the support of the ARI engineering staff, may develop certification
programs for its eligible products. Participation in the programs is voluntary
and is open to non-members of ARI on an equal basis. ARI annually selects
a significant portion of each manufacturer's production models to be tested
by an independent laboratory under contract to ARI. Units, randomly selected,
are tested using procedures stipulated in the corresponding ARI standards,
to verify that they meet the manufacturers' certified published performance
ratings.
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