The heat pump is quiet now.
During winter, we really don’t hear much from the heat pump.
Our winters are pretty heavenly and we rarely need much if any heating from the heat pump. But the opposite is true for the summer. Actually, the heat pump starts kicking on with HVAC cooling in early spring. But the real work is to be done between June and October. That’s when the heat and humidity are peaking. That means temperatures that stick right near the triple digits. The same goes for the humidity. And this combination can be a staggering duo to deal with. For years, I just paid the utility bills in the summer and hated it. But this past summer was different. For the first time since moving to this region, I decided to get a plan together to save on HVAC cooling costs. Turns out that it really didn’t take all that much effort to do just that. The first thing I did was to get the air conditioner tune-up from the HVAC company. That makes the heat pump run as efficiently as possible. Then, I tightened up the house with new weather stripping and sealing spots that were leaking HVAC cooling. I covered all the windows that get direct sunlight heating and then programmed the thermostat. That was the only thing that was a bit tough to get accustomed to. But I did get used to the house being in the low 80’s during the day and it also ended up saving my hundreds of dollars in HVAC cooling costs.