You have to match your heat pump installation to your home’s square footage. If the system is too small, it’ll work too hard. An oversized system will be equally inefficient. We’ll explain two ways to calculate the right size for your heat pump installation in Indian River County, FL: the math and the blower door test.
Computing Your Home’s Square Footage
Measure the dimensions of each room in your home and multiply the length of each by its width. If the room isn’t a rectangle, use the largest portion of the floor that can be a square. For circular rooms, square the room’s radius and multiply that by pi, 3.14159265.
Calculating Tonnage
Once you have your home’s square footage, the next step is to divide that total by 500, which will give you the number of tons of cooling you’ll need. When computing, round up.
For example, if your home has 2,486 square feet, dividing that by 500 gives you 4.972. Round that up to choose a heat pump rated at 5 tons. Each ton equates to roughly 12,000 BTU, so your 5-ton heat pump should be able to put out 60,000 BTUs.
The Blower Door Test
Depending on your home’s size, along with other factors, the math may not give you the right size. We can do what’s known as the blower door test.
To perform it, we seal your home and measure any leakage. This has the added advantage of letting us compute the heat pump installation size you need.
For many decades, we’ve served customers in Indian River County, FL. When you’re ready to pick a heat pump installation of the right size or schedule maintenance for your current system, give Barker Air Conditioning and Heating a call to make an appointment. We’ll ensure your HVAC system operates effectively and efficiently with ease.
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