You are confusing heatpumps (an appliance that can generate heating or cooling via heat exchange with the air or the ground) with a specific implementation of a heatpump that does heat exchange with the ground. You almost certainly have an air based heatpump at your house unless you live in one of the older sections of The Villages with a standard AC and natural gas heat. Ground source heatpumps are probably extremely rare in The Villages as you need either multiple fairly deep bore holes or a larger shallow area for the heat exchange pipes. The vast majority of heatpumps are air exchange heatpumps. I first had a heatpump in 1984.
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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Kevin, I just notice that your title stated HEAT PUMPS versus traditional Air Conditioners. Heat pumps have a completely different installation and as I understand it a higher installation cost but come with higher efficiency. My point I am not sure what you are looking at, heat pumps have wells drilled and then circulate a liquid to pump the heat into the ground or from the ground as needed. These wells are the higher cost.
I am not sure if the heat pumps are being actively installed in TV, but they should be. I will be doing a lot more research as I expect to be doing the replacement in the next couple of years.
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