Who is paying for the heating and cooling of the water?

Who is paying for the electricity to run the heat pump?

Heating and cooling of the water paid out of HOA fees. The cost to run the heat pump is paid directly by me.

Since you don't have auxiliary back up heat strips, then I don't see any negatives by doing a set back.

The same is true for cooling. Be aware it takes much longer to come out of a cooling set back than one for heating. A heating set back of 6-8 degrees is fine, but for cooling I would suggest 3-5 degrees F. There is no harm in experimenting.

I generally agree with Mike although I think both setbacks he suggested for cooling and heating are too large. If the hp condenser runs continuously on recovery for any length of time, I think at some point the setback defeats the purpose.

One question I will throw back at you. Since you are sharing the boiler hot water cost through homeowner fees, would it not be cheaper for you to just heat with the hot water coil and forget the HP condenser except possibly in shoulder months?

Just a thought.

Do you mind sharing location?

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This post was edited by tigerdunes on Fri, Jan 17, 14 at 11:53

I don't think I have any way to stop the compressor from running.

If it's not already set up that way, it should be. Emergency heat setting on your thermostat should be the heat produced from hot water coil only.

If it's not, that's what I would want. The hot water coil heat replaces the heat strip.

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There is no emergency heat setting on my thermostat. Simple 4 wire system. Y W R G

If this is new install, your dealer did you a disservice. All heat pump thermostats have an auxiliary and emergency setting as well as on/off , heat, cooling, along with fan setting. Dealer apparently looked out for himself, not you.

Sorry to report that.

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My system wiring

Not interested in wiring.

Post model and brand of thermostat please.

BTW, it would be nice to get model number of HP condenser and air handler.

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This post was edited by tigerdunes on Fri, Jan 17, 14 at 12:22

How do you control the heat pump without an O or B wire? You need a wire to reverse the condenser from heating to cooling.

Do you have any model numbers of the equipment?

I'm the ignorant voice speaking, but could this be simply a heat exchanger in each unit running with heated or chilled water from the building's central system (like in an office building) and not a heat pump?

Could be....he may not even have a HP although he seems to think that's what he purchased.

Something fishy here.

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Unit is a Florida Heat pump. Model fhp024

It does have an O/B wire. Mistake in not listing that. Also has a common to power the thermostat.

Not familiar with Florida HP.

The obvious question is whether you are cooling exclusively with chilled water and heating exclusively with hot water.

IMO

This might help.

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