The Goodman line of gas furnaces is a well-established brand in the HVAC market segment. Goodman gas furnaces are a fixture in many homes because they offer high-efficiency gas furnaces at a price that will not break your budget.
In this article our review will focus on the energy efficiencies, brand models, features, purchasing cost, warranty, and installation of the Goodman brand of gas furnaces.
The Goodman brand emphasizes affordability without compromising quality and engineers their products with a no-fuss approach that avoids add-ons to their gas furnaces that would hike the price point with only marginal gains in usability.
This approach is advantageous not only regarding cost but also in that the gas furnace still functions as it’s supposed to, but fewer components limit the number of failure points of the furnace.
Goodman Gas Furnaces Heat Efficiency
One of the standards of measuring the efficiency of a gas furnace is the Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency, abbreviated as AFUE. It is a measure of how efficiently the gas furnace converts gas fuel, be it, natural gas or propane into heat. The higher the AFUE percentage, the more heat you get per unit of fuel consumed.
The Goodman line of gas furnaces offers two categories of products when it comes to heat efficiency. One line has an 80% AFUE rating, and another line has a 90% plus AFUE efficiency. The models that have an 80% AFUE specification are:- GMVC8 - Two-stage, variable speed
- GCVC8 - Two-stage, variable speed
- GME8 - Two-stage, variable speed
- GMH8/GDH8 - Two-stage, variable speed
- GMS8 - Single-stage, variable speed
- GHS8 - Single-stage, variable speed
- GDS8 - Single-stage, variable speed
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Single-Stage Gas Furnaces
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Two-Stage Gas Furnaces
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Advantages
- They only consume as much fuel as is required, allowing you to save on fuel costs.
- They produce less noise because the motor has a variable speed controller.
- They can run continuously with fewer starts and stops
- GMVM97 - 98% AFUE
- GCVM97 - 97% AFUE
- GMVC96 - 96% AFUE
- GMEC96 - 96% AFUE
- GCEC96 - 96% AFUE
- GMSS96 - 96% AFUE
- GCSS96 - 96% AFUE
- GMSS92 - 92% AFUE
- GCSS92 - 92% AFUE
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Cost Versus Value
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Installation
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Warranty
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Other Features
January 9, 2019
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