Bosch IDS 2 vs Single Stage Heat Pump Best Heating Performance 

I didn’t know he was engaged! Nice

Wouldn’t you still want heat strips for the defrost cycle?

@@marconantel7735 Technically yes, but I've run across systems were the installers forgot to make the configuration settings to tell the air handler it even had a heat strip, and nobody noticed for a couple of years until I was there just doing maintenance. Then again, the couple of times when it really mattered in the past 2 years here in the DFW area of Texas, most of our customers with heat pumps lost power during the worst of it, so...🙄 Those were American Standard systems, not Bosch. My main use of Bosch outdoor units is replacing the outdoor unit on the awful single stage heating and cooling zoned systems new construction builders have been installing in my area. The compressors don't last long in a single staged zoned system with fixed metering, oversized and/or incorrectly installed bypass, and the extremely failure prone Honeywell zone dampers...

This units can be downgraded with a dip switch, wich means. U can drop to 2 ton for summer and take it back to 3 ton for heating. You will have to use a lower Airflow for cooling.

Which one is the Yugo?

@@zacktalksshopbside The Goodman junk

@@hackfreehvac NotGoodman.

Still using an R22, 1997 Goodman heat pump here in Northern Kentucky. I still cannot justify spending the money for a new expensive replacement. I’ve had a heartbeat for over 70 years and if I never have to replace it, I’ll be very happy.

@@pepperstinson3141 I've still got one Goodman at my house (came with the house). Noisy. Rusted etc. I haven't replaced it because even doing myself it doesn't really pay to as far as the slight savings people actually get on their utility bill. (takes YEARS N YEARS for the utility savings to = the cost of equipment) That said. I still call Goodman junk and is generally less advanced and they are more competitive for the lower end equipment. 😆😆😆

Tempting. If it weren’t $1000 in gas

@@HVACShopTalk Always the problem with old woodworking equipment that isn't local. No matter how good of a deal it is, it costs too much to go get, or to ship.

I will probably get one in 2023. I am taking my time trying to learn more “pro” level woodworking skills. I have always enjoyed it, but never buckled down and tried to take it to the next level.

@@HVACShopTalk I got into woodworking a few years ago, and it quickly became an old woodworking machine restoration hobby.🤣

I’m in califorina and my rate is 11 cents a kilowatt. I dont have PGE which I’m sure is where the 40 cents is coming from. The Bosch is good in California

@@Level-333 Our rates with SCE are .42 cents per kWh in tier two. About 5 to 6 times higher than most states while Nevada charges 6 cents in tier one and 8 cents in tier two.

do you keep your house at 60? i think it does mean total capacity,it would be around 46k at those specs-look at the kw difference with the changing cfm-the bosch will be most efficient at the lowest cfm that can heat or cool your home ,temp changes,insulation...all play a part

Yes

uh,very true but you need to tell the current admin to open the pipelines and get people back to work-im in n.y. and there is a carbon tax bill that if passed will cost major dollars to people who use fossil fuel over the next 10 years,being forced onto a grid that can't support whats on it now...hmmm what in the world will happen next-major rate hikes

Dems are phasing out natural gas.

The Bosh heat pump uses a third the electricity of conventional heat pumps. If everyone had an invert heat pump, their would be plenty of power available. And I get the same temperature heat out of my Bosch as I do from my gas furnace. And Bosch isn't the only company making inverter heat pumps.

@@David-mo2zq are you sure you get the same temp from both? my ductwork is in my attic so big loss there...for now...upgrades to follow

I am sure. It's difficult to explain in a few years. It is capable of 125 degrees. It gives you less in maintenance mode. It also only pulls 3 or 4 amps in maintenance mode. Heat loss in the vents is a different matter.