[vitaminG]

Originally Posted by donk.

Great68, I would suggest you install aux heat anyways assuming your panel can handle it, unless you have a secondary heat source

The units work great, but once your unit breaks down, and the technician says parts are 3 weeks out, in December, suddenly those aux heat strips are your saving grace

Not only that, but if for some reason the temp drops below -13C for x days, you will still have heat (this would apply to Vancouver, not sure about saanich)

Or if you can handle the cold, then your good to go. Just hope you don't have pipes bursting

Heat pump will still work below -13c it just won't be as efficient, considering how exceedingly rare it is for the ambient temperature to be that low I would take the risk