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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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Heat pumps used to be inefficient in colder climates, but the new ones work just fine and are much cheaper to run than propane heating systems, which I had to use for several decades. There are few places in the U.S. these days where I wouldn’t put in a high quality heat pump rather than an old fashioned heater. Most so-called heat pumps are also used for air conditioning. Even in states like Maine and North Dakota and Washington, air conditioning is often enjoyable. Here in The Villages, my heat pump is on 24/7, but even with the water heater, my electric bill is usually less than $100.