[pdbrantley]

I put in a service request though our home warranty company. They sent a service tech out who looked at the unit. It did short cycle while he was there. He checked the overheating switch (or whatever it's called) and said it was still closed. So he diagnosed it as a bad control board.

Now I'm trying to figure out whether it makes more sense to get the board swapped and keep my current equipment or to go ahead and replace the equipment and get a heat pump so I can also save on my cooling bills as well.

Here's my weather and runtimes for the last days. The average set temp was around 67 for this time. And never going outside 65-69

Thurs | 45/35f | 5 hours heat

Fri | 48/27 | 5

Sat | 52/27 | 4.5

Sun | 55/32 | 4

Mon | 61/36 | 3.5

I don't know if that will help at all. I'm just trying to get an idea of what I should be seeing from a correctly functioning 80% furnace in a moderately well insulated home 1800sqrft on a basement.

 

[Advanced Response]

Ok I did a quick cost check on your provided costs of utilities:

For every 94,977 btus provided to your home:
Your current 80% gas furnace = $2.54
A new 95% gas furnace = $1.94
Straight electric heat = $3.06 -3.62
A good 10 hspf heat pump is atleast 2.5 times more efficient than straight electric depends on outdoor temperature and system combination which gives the average C.O.P. So a heat pump would provide the same amount of heat for less than $1.23 - 1.45.

So a hybrid heat pump system will save you on your heating bills depending on the exact combination you get. And yes you will also get savings in the summer also due to the minimum seer is now 13-14 depending on where you live.

I would look into a heat pump with the highest hspf and COP that you can afford as that will give you the highest savings on heating. Inverter compressor units usually have the highest hspf and cop, they also provide higher heat output at lower temperatures.

Your natural gas is expensive compared to mine, so hybrid heat makes great sense.