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Originally Posted by masraum
Hahah. I can imagine. Fortunately, our "winter" is probably nothing like your winter.
Thanks, I'd found a Texas company that had a website up talking about it. They mentioned a few things that had to do with in-ground tanks, like strapping them down in case of flooding, magnesium anodes to protect from electrolysis, various minimum distances for above or below ground installation, etc....
Lots of great info here, thanks. Regarding the bolded portion, are you saying that the switch to Eheat may or may not be automatic once the balance point is reached? What's the best way for me to test that, just leave the Eheat off when the temp drops and see if the Eheat light comes on, on the thermostat or if it doesn't and it gets cold?
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Yeah, if it has auto changeover you should see the Eheat light on. The other thing is, once it gets below 50, if it does change over you'll notice a difference in the supply air temps. Heat pump supply temps are noticeably lower. You can feel the difference just by placing a hand over the register.
Either way, I think 50 is too warm to change over. I run mine lower than that. Having an older home and being in the flat lands, when it gets cold and windy I'll switch over to Eheat manually rather than allow the thermostat to do it.