I am in Georgia too, just a bit north of you. I am also in the biz and very familiar with these set ups as I did a dual fuel 17 years ago with natural gas at my own house. I have no horse in this race as I don’t do work outside my county. Too busy and no need to add drive time.
I ripped out my perfectly working dual fuel system in Jan and replaced it with a Carrier 20 SEER variable speed compressor heat pump system. Ditched the gas furnace. No need in our area. These heat pumps run circles around single speed units. My bills are so low they are almost laughable.
How good is this Carrier?
I flipped the neighbor’s house a few years ago. 4,000 sq feet 2 story (partial underground basement) with one 5 ton dual fuel zoned system. At 8 degrees one night I went to check on the house as it was empty with no people or appliances creating “free” heat. The stat displayed heat pump heating, and I was baffled as to why it didn’t switch over to gas. I about burned my hand on the refrigerant line going into the indoor coil. I checked the status via the stat and it was only running 80%. It wasn’t even trying! From that night on, if possible, I skip the furnace and go with just the variable speed 20 SEER Carrier.
In our area, heating with a heat pump is cheaper, safer, and heat pumps don’t dry the air so much as to cause dry skin and nose bleeds if you don’t run a humidifier which will need constant maintenance.
My experience and advice only
