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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
If you have natural gas service to your house, you can buy a gas furnace for heat and an electric air conditioner. But, if your house is all electric, your only logical choice is to install a heat pump. Heat pumps work very well in warm climates like Florida. They are not as efficient in colder climates up north. Even if I had access to natural gas in The Villages, I would opt for a heat pump.
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You have hit the nail on the head.
I live in a small village in UK, and there is no natural gas connections. Oil or electric only.
UK government is phasing out oil and gas, and those types of supply will not be allowed soon in new builds.
We had an Air Source system installed, and went all electric. Government Green subsidy actually paid for installation, about £7000.00
Wonderful in summer and keeps our water heating bill minimal.
Winter is a different story. Our heating bill is enormous, as there is little benefit from the system in cold weather.
Also Ground Heat Pumps and Air Source heating use quite a bit of electricity just to operate.
If I lived in Florida, Air Source would be my choice, it works well in hot conditions, and will minimize electric bill.