Heating my shop

[Joe69]

I removed a roughly 5 year old heat pump/electric furnace and a/c unit from my house, and replaced it with a new one. It was an off brand, that was more difficult than I liked to get parts for. My thought was to install it in my shop. It's the right size to work, and would give me the option of a/c in the shop. I'll have to get the electric service upgraded to handle it. Any down side that I haven't thought of? My old shop was heated by a hanging Q-mark electric heater. That would be a simpler installation, but I thought the heat pump might be more efficient.

I might add, that the a/c unit needs a new board. It failing is what convinced me to replace it in the house. It was going to take several days to get one. I can live with that in the shop, but not in the house.

Joe

 

[bobbyjean]

do you have any gas in your area? the a/c is great but the heat pump ? see very few in new york...below 30 degree's they get pricey to run.
propane may stop you from needing the new service

 

[3rdgendslmech]

I removed a roughly 5 year old heat pump/electric furnace and a/c unit from my house, and replaced it with a new one. It was an off brand, that was more difficult than I liked to get parts for. My thought was to install it in my shop. It's the right size to work, and would give me the option of a/c in the shop. I'll have to get the electric service upgraded to handle it. Any down side that I haven't thought of? My old shop was heated by a hanging Q-mark electric heater. That would be a simpler installation, but I thought the heat pump might be more efficient.

I might add, that the a/c unit needs a new board. It failing is what convinced me to replace it in the house. It was going to take several days to get one. I can live with that in the shop, but not in the house.

Joe

I'm kind of in the same situation as you Joe. The only difference is that my outdoor unit failed and I'm replacing it and the indoor unit together. No natural gas in my area and dont really feel like paying for propane. The air handler inside still works fine and I've been running off of the electric grid heaters for the past week to heat my home (1500 sqft). Instead of having the HVAC guys just junk the air handler would it be worth it, or is it too large of a unit to wire in and use that as my heater. I don't plan on keeping it at a set temperature when I'm not out there, but on days when temps are below freezing like today would it be worth keeping to use the electric heat portion with some home made duct work?

 

[Joe69]

No natural gas, that's why my home is total electric. I'm spending a fortune heating it with a torpedo heater. It takes forever to get it up to temp, when it's this cold out.

Joe

 

[bobbyjean]

ouch- no easy answer then....wood or pellet stove? more work i guess, i'm using lp...gotta fill myself when it runs out...arrhhh

 

[justinjoyal]

I see OP is in Indiana.

I’m curious, what’s the rate for electricity over there ?

 

[pcampbell]

What about a ductless mini split like Fujitsu 15 RLS 3H.
You would want the shop to be well insulated.

What about propane?