I sort of think about my heat pump as a bear.
This piece of Heating plus A/C unit stays basically in hibernation all Winter.
Then, like the bear, it slowly comes to life in the Spring. In this region, there are days even in late March where some cooling comfort from the heat pump might be appropriate. But the heat pump isn’t undoubtedly coming to life quite yet. That’s what’s happening now, but like a bear, the heat pump roars to life with its full energy for the Summer plus into early Fall. My superb friend and I are now witnessing the roaring to life of lots of air conditioning bears around here. I walked to get the mail the other afternoon plus I could already hear a chorus of heat pumps singing the cooling song. I dislike to divulge it however one of those heat pumps was mine as well. I do my best to limit the amount of air conditioning in my home. For one, it’s a bit high-priced when you’re living on a narrow budget. And the more I lean on the cooling from the heat pump, the more overwhelming the heat feels outside. So I do my best to walk the line between comfort while I sleep plus dealing with a higher temperature control setting during the afternoon, working from home makes managing the temperature control setting a lot easier. I’ve tried to program the temperature control before without much luck. Being home full time working from the central air conditioning is a huge help when it comes to keeping the Heating plus A/C costs lower through the hottest part of our year. I’m sure that when September rolls around, I’ll be pretty over all the heat. But I also know that the heat pump bear will wind down again before going off to hibernate for another Winter.