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HVAC technician summer heat is no joke in an attic: this tech is sweating over an air handler with its electric heat strips exposed. Those strips are your heat pump's backup heat in winter.
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A young tech with shaggy dark hair, a black t-shirt over red long sleeves, works on an attic air handler with the panel open and the electric heat strip coils in plain view.
Selfie shots cut in of him dripping sweat, while a voice jokes that money outranks health right now and begs for sports drinks.
Heat strips are bare resistance coils, a lot like a toaster's, inside the air handler of a heat pump system. They kick on when the heat pump can't keep up on a cold night or during defrost, and a burned strip or stuck relay shows up as cold air or a spiking winter bill.
They're electric resistance heaters inside the indoor air handler. Your heat pump does most of the work, and the strips add heat when it's very cold outside, during defrost, or when you switch to emergency heat. They work, but they cost a lot more to run than the heat pump itself.
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4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
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