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by LurkerAtTheGate 1363 days ago
Lived & owned homes for 20 years in an area where ASHP are standard installs as the climate range meant 100% of normal (outside of freak polar vortex) heating and cooling was covered by the heat pump. Inexpensive part failure is common annually - usually capacitors and fan motors. Usually expensive part or system failures occur around 10-15 years.