Troubleshooting Common Heat Pump Issues: A Guide for Kiwi Homeowners and Tenants
Understanding Your Heat Pump Unlike an electric heater or wood burner, your heat pump does not generate heat itself. Instead, it transfers heat from one location to another. In heating mode, the outdoor unit extracts heat energy from the surrounding air and uses refrigerant as the medium for heat transfer. The heated refrigerant is circulated through copper pipes to the indoor unit, and this heated energy is transferred to the room where the heat pump is located. During cooling mode, the indoor unit’s heat exchanger functions to absorb heat energy from the indoor room air, employing refrigerant as the medium for heat transfer to cool the room air. Subsequently, the … Read More