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I believe it is my post that is adding to the confusion on the "heat strips" as an ADDITION to the "heat pumps" which would be used to aument the pump down to the lower temps where they lose efficiency and commence to freeze up and also for that first minute or so of start up where the heat pump merely blows cooler air around until the cooling unit creates the heat from it's evaporater coils.
I was reading a post over on the Ecapees by a fellow who had an older Royals International with this feature built in. It may be that this is no longer available in concert with the newer heat pumps or it must be ordered as a separate option and DRV and others simply wouldn't want the hassle of providing it with the thermostat programming necessary to have them both operating for a short span.
You can bet your bippy that if I were doing it today, I would ask somone who knows what they're talking about if it were indeed available as I think it would be a good addtion.
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Sandra, Bruce
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