It’s nearly Thanksgiving and I haven’t heard a single heat pump going for a couple of weeks now.
That’s about par for the course where we live.
The air conditioning or HVAC cooling is on for the better part of 8 months of the year. Now only about four of those months require the HVAC cooling running night and day. The rest of the time, the HVAC cooling is on but the kilowatt is reduced from the sort of summer load that is put on the HVAC unit. So this time of year, it’s really nice to sit back knowing that we are in for a bunch of savings on HVAC utility costs over the coming months. Additionally, I love to sit back this time of year and revel in the amount of money I saved on HVAC cooling over the past summer. While this wasn’t a record breaker for me, it was in the top five. Growing up in this area, you learn early on that spending too much on HVAC cooling just isn’t necessary. By simply keeping a tight house and stopping direct sunlight heating, there is big money to be saved. Now of course, the biggest factor in saving all that coin is the thermostat setting. During the summer, we keep our thermostat right around the lower 80’s. But when it’s a hundred degrees outside, that thermostat setting feels awfully cooling. And it saves just so much money on HVAC cooling costs. Summer heat is part of living here but paying too much for HVAC cooling isn’t.