Home > Central Cooling > Heat Pumps A Maytag® home heat pump provides complete heating and cooling. If you are a homeowner living in a climate with relatively mild weather, a Maytag® home heat pump could be the HVAC system that suits all of your heating and cooling needs. This all-electric, HVAC unit provides high levels of cooling power during the summer and can switch to provide sufficient heating power when temperatures drop. In addition, homeowners can enjoy low noise levels with a highly efficient iQ Drive® PSH4BG heat pump. This is the newest system in our iQ Drive line of products and offers energy savings, low noise levels and corrosion resistance. Use R-410A refrigerant in an iQ Drive heat pump and homeowners can further lessen their impact on the environment. Other refrigerants release high levels of Chlorofluorocarbons, which have a negative impact on the ozone layer. Choose from the filters on the left to select the system that comes with the benefits and features that you are looking for in your Maytag® heat pump system.

Or, you can contact your local Maytag® heat pump dealer for additional information and quotes. I have a 1969 Airstream Ambassador travel trailer with the original air-conditioner.  I like to upgrade things while keeping them as original as possible.  I decided to rebuild the air-conditioner (new compressor, new fan motor), but while I was at it, I figured I would turn it into a heat pump as well! A heat pump is just an air-conditioner that can change the path of the refrigerant.  In cool mode, the refrigerant goes from the compressor to the heat exchanger outside the cooled space (condenser), through the capillary tube (or thermal expansion valve, TXV), into the heat exchanger inside the cooled space (evaporator), and then back to the compressor.  In heat mode it goes from the compressor to the heat exchanger inside the heated space (condenser), through the capillary tube (or TXV), into the heat exchanger outside the heated space (evaporator), and then back to the compressor.  

Remember, heat flows out of the evaporators and into  condensers. This unit uses a capillary tube to restrict refrigerant flow and generate the pressure needed to condense the refrigerant.  ac dc power supply militaryModern units use TXVs to regulate the pressure of system.  cost to replace air conditioning fan motorWhile they are more efficient, they generally only work when the refrigerant flows in one direction unless they are specifically designed for heat pumps.  a/c condensing unit coversA capillary tube is a long, thin tube that is a specific diameter and length to generate a specific pressure.  There are no mechanical parts in a capillary tube, therefore refrigerant can flow through it in both directions.  So in order to make this A/C a heat pump, I only needed to add a reversing valve and reroute the copper tubing.

Here's what I did: -Remove unit from roof of trailer. -Get part numbers of compressor and fan motor to find compatible replacements, if needed.   -Measure copper tubing diameter so you can but a compatible reversing valve.  Reversing valves come in different sizes based on how big the unit they are designed for.  Try to find a valve that has the same size fittings as the copper tubing in the A/C unit.  If not, you'll have to get adapters to step up or down sizes.  Remeber, refrigeration copper is "tubing" and is measured on the outside diameter and not "pipe" which is measured on the inside diameter. Step 1: Install the piecesShow All Items« PreviousNext »View All Steps Download Licensed • Bonded • Insured • NATE Certified • Energy Star Certified • UBI: 602 691 268 • LNI HEATGL*911MO • CCB (OR License) 187461 Heatguy, LLC's estimates are always free, hourly rates affordable, and our work is of the highest quality. Call us today at (360)253-HVAC to schedule.

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