People often wonder how a heat pump can deliver cooling and heating while an air conditioning plan can not! Your heat pump has a component called a reversing valve.
This Heating and A/C component is present in heat pumps and not in air conditionings.
A reversing valve is a medium-sized, cylindrical metal component with more than 2 smaller tube-like valves on one side and one tube-like valve. There is also a small electrical component referred to as a solenoid on top of the reversing valve, and within the reversing valve is a sliding mechanism that operates by moving back and forth, depending on the model of the valve, either heating or cooling. When you press a button on your dual-mode thermostat, the modes change either way. When your thermostat cues your heat pump to change modes, your solenoid gives the sliding mechanism a slight push, and the coolant inside the refrigerant inside the reversing valve takes over. This action, in which the direction of the coolant flow is changed, is what physically variations the mode of your heat pump, heat pumps do not control either heating or cooling, however rather, they transport heat from one endpoint to another with the help of the coolant, but in Winter weeks, heat pumps absorb the heat in the air surrounding you, concentrate it, and deliver it to your home’s spaces. In the summer time weeks, heat pumps absorb the heat in your home’s residing spaces and transport it outdoors. However, the reversing valve enables your heat pump to change from heating to cooling and back.