| You made a wise choice and invested in a heat | | | | recommend 23?C for heating and 21?C for |
| pump air conditioner. You now have an extremely | | | | cooling. |
| efficient heater for the winter months, with the | | | | Correct vane positioning |
| added benefit of cooling during summer. So how | | | | For cooling, have the vanes pointing horizontal. |
| do you use your new purchase effectively? | | | | Cool air falls naturally towards the ground. By |
| Close windows and doors | | | | forcing cool air across the room at a high level, |
| This is often overlooked and doing so can save a | | | | you improve the effectiveness of your heat |
| lot of money on electricity bills. Heat energy can | | | | pump. |
| transfer through your doors and windows into, or | | | | For heating, have the vanes pointing down |
| from, the air outside quite readily. Close your | | | | towards the floor. Warm air rises naturally. By |
| windows and exterior doors and your air | | | | forcing the air downwards and letting it rise |
| conditioner will run much more efficiently. | | | | makes it much more efficient. By pointing the |
| Use the correct mode and set the temperature | | | | vanes down, you also eliminate the cold feet |
| correctly | | | | problem that many people have reported. |
| Select the correct mode. The sun symbol means | | | | Dehumidifying or 'dry' function explained |
| heating, the snowflake symbol means cooling. A | | | | The dehumidify or 'dry' function works by |
| drop of water is the dehumidify or dry mode. It | | | | extracting water moisture from the air. It does |
| really isn't rocket science. For heating purposes, | | | | this by running in the cooling mode. The moisture |
| we usually recommend 23?C. For cooling, we | | | | or humidity in the warm air condensates on the |
| usually recommend 21?C. | | | | cold surface of the coil and runs away down the |
| It is a hot day and you want it nice and cool | | | | drain as a liquid. |
| indoors. The temperature inside is currently 28?C | | | | Running your heat pump in dry mode during |
| and you select 21?C on your controller. The | | | | winter does not work. Cold air doesn't hold much |
| system will then provide cooling until the | | | | moisture. 3What you need to do is run it on |
| temperature reaches just below 21?C. Your heat | | | | heating to keep the room temperature high and |
| pump will continue to run until the air temperature | | | | allow the moisture to evaporate. Once you have |
| in the room is the same as the temperature on | | | | the room extra warm and the air feels humid, |
| the controller and then switch over into power | | | | switch the system to dehumidify for a short |
| saving mode. When the temperature rises to | | | | period before repeating the cycle. |
| 22?C, the system automatically starts cooling | | | | Maintaining your heat pump |
| again. | | | | Use the brush attachment on your vacuum |
| If you set it to 16?C, it will run and run and run | | | | cleaner and clean any dust off the case on a |
| (kind of like the Energizer bunny) and may never | | | | regular basis. Remove the filters and disinfect and |
| actually reach the desired set point. The more | | | | clean them with warm water once every two to |
| you run your appliance, the more it costs you in | | | | three months. By keeping your air conditioning |
| electricity. | | | | system clean, you will save money and run |
| You will find your own happy medium somewhere | | | | effectively and efficiently. |
| around those figures, but we do highly | | | | |