<VV> Some Corvair (garage heat)

[JVHRoberts@aol.com]

Well, -30F is mighty rough for your average heat pump. But, there is an air  
source heat pump that will work well, even at that low temp. Go to:
 
_Nyle Special Products_ (http://www.nyletherm.com/news.htm)  
And
_http://www.enerkoncorp.com/pictures/COP.pdf_ 
(http://www.enerkoncorp.com/pictures/COP.pdf)  
 
Probably a bit much for a garage, but it'll work fine in your house. They  
are selling these in Ottowa!
 
 
In a message dated 12/28/04 11:16:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
corvair@mts.net writes:

Apparently though, you WILL need a source of auxiliary heat if you live  
somewhere that it gets cold in the winter. There just ain't much heat for a  heat 
pump to extract when it gets to -30ish outside. My parents put in the  
air-to-air split heat pump in their northern Ontario home. It makes a fine air  
conditioner but for the coldest four months of winter the aux heat (wood  burning 
fireplace & electric furnace) takes all the load - you can't even  run an A/C 
compressor outdoors when it gets to these kind of  temperatures.

Seems to me ground source rather than air source is the  way to go for 
northern climate.

Les in sunny Winnipeg, Canada (warmed  up to -10 today).

Message: 9
From: JVHRoberts@aol.com
Date: Tue,  28 Dec 2004 16:02:30 EST
Subject: Re: <VV> Some Corvair
To:  ricorvair@cox.net, VirtualVairs@corvair.org

I'm a big fan of mini split  heat pumps. You need to wire them in. 
the BIG plusses in my book:
1.  Non combustion source of heat. Not gonna blow up your garage if you 
happen  
to be messing with gasoline, parts cleaner, 2+2, etc. 
2. It's also an  air conditioner for the summer!
3. There's a wall mounted unit, plus an  outdoor unit. A 3" hole is all 
that's 
needed to connect the two. 

I  have a 2 ton unit in my 23x24' garage. The thing is WONDERFUL. I live in  
Delaware.