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jeff5may · 10-09-17, 10:59 PM

If it's a nordyne, it's factory standard equipment. Can you say energy hog? They do blow nice, hot air, though. Most of the double wide homes come with a 2 to 3 ton heat pump new if you have one installed. I believe the furnace can support up to about a 5 ton phase change system.

To convert the unit over to heat pump operation is about as simple as it gets. Find a cased coil the same size as the furnace, mount it over top of the furnace. Plumb the heat exchanger to a matching outdoor unit. Plumb the drain pan outside. Install a heat pump thermostat and wire the first stage of heat to the outdoor unit. The blower has it's own wire already. Thermostat second stage and/or emergency heat wires to the existing furnace. The outdoor unit can draw power from the same breaker that the furnace is connected to. Draw a vacuum and charge the system. Tada! Easy peasy. Some assembly required.

10-09-17, 10:59 PM	#11
jeff5may Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: elizabethtown, ky, USA Posts: 2,428 Thanks: 431 Thanked 619 Times in 517 Posts	If it's a nordyne, it's factory standard equipment. Can you say energy hog? They do blow nice, hot air, though. Most of the double wide homes come with a 2 to 3 ton heat pump new if you have one installed. I believe the furnace can support up to about a 5 ton phase change system. To convert the unit over to heat pump operation is about as simple as it gets. Find a cased coil the same size as the furnace, mount it over top of the furnace. Plumb the heat exchanger to a matching outdoor unit. Plumb the drain pan outside. Install a heat pump thermostat and wire the first stage of heat to the outdoor unit. The blower has it's own wire already. Thermostat second stage and/or emergency heat wires to the existing furnace. The outdoor unit can draw power from the same breaker that the furnace is connected to. Draw a vacuum and charge the system. Tada! Easy peasy. Some assembly required. Last edited by jeff5may; 10-10-17 at 07:30 AM..