Don't know about all heat pumps, but ours has a automatic defrost cycle that thaws the ice on that coil whenever necessary. We're in Arizona, but some nights get down into the 20's quite often with the heat pump doing its job. Ed
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "wired" <wiredformen@...> wrote:
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> Not to argue with anybody, but I feel 5000BTU is pretty low for Ohio. Probably they will have well over R19 insulation in the ceiling (required by FHA ), but with a design temperature of near 0 that's C O L D. I live in TX and a portable heater would be skimpy.
> On the heat pump, they will not work below an outside temperature of 35 or so because the condensation on the outside coil would freeze up.
> Luckily here in TX we can use a heat pump.
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