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by gardenhedge 231 days ago
I have a heat pump, along with hvac. It only produces heat. Is it possible to get it to produce cooling too or is that an entirely different system?
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I’m not an expert, and it would depend on the system you have anyway, but AFAIK the main differentiator between a cooling air conditioner and a heat pump is a “reversing valve”. You may simply need to change the mode to reverse it, then you get cooling. From what I understand, it would be unusual for it only to work in heat mode.