Scrape up what you can with spatula....then blot the rest with paper towel....then pour on a little water and blot more.....repeat until you get no more stain on the paper towel ( don't use those brown towels the school has, get some good Bounty or Bolt). UIf after you are not getting stain on the towel any more and there is still some color on the carpet.. then spray a little Nature's Mirical ( an enzyme cleaner...no perfume!) it's available at pet stores....blot, more water and blot some more. If you can't find nature's mirical a little 409 will at least remove any grease. Remember....don't rub, blot....and the name of the game is to dilute the mess with water and blot it up. Linda c

All heat pumps are electric. However, not all heat pumps use electric backup heating strips for when the heat pump cannot keep up. In my case, I have natural gas furnace backup. As I understand it, this is considered a hybrid system. Talk to your installing company about what the difference would be between installation price of the HP only and the HP with a furnace backup. If you can swing the diference, that is the route to go. I'm in Olympia and have PSE. Who is your provider? Concerning the Trane equipment... I have a nearly three year old Trane XL14i 3.5 ton with a 4 ton indoor unit and a 90% gas furnace. I almost never use the gas furnace. Less than 90 therms total last year. In our climate, I personally would go with an 80% furnace (since your utility is covering the install of the HP only, anyway go the less expensive route.). Heating specs on the 16i aren't that good. Go with the 15i. Make them match the indoor and outdoor coil and print you an AHRI certificate proving the match and HSPF, EER and SEER figures. Some indoor/outdoor matches offer better performance than others. Concentrate on the Heating Capacity BTUH numbers at 47 degrees and 17 degrees. We are in a heating climate and those are the numbers that count around here. Make your contractor show you those numbers for both the 15i and 16i combinations. When installation happens, make sure you are getting the combination you were told. Model numbers will be stamped on the equipment. I don't think you can get a 90% furnace anymore. The more efficient, the more expensive. My point being that our electric rates are very favorable and a HP is much more efficient than gas. If you set your lockouts right, you'll have no problem. Mine are set so that the gas furnace doesn't come on until it's 25 degrees outside. I have energy bills that my neighbors drool over in this neighborhod of custom 3,000 sq. ft homes.

About 6 hours later the same problem happens and the water is there again I can blow into that tube and hear bubbles, why is there so much water?????

Where is this house located and how old is it? Can you describe the three levels and where the thermostat is currently located? What is the furnace brand and model number? There is little debate that two zoned systems will do a better job of even temperature distribution throughout the three levels. But how much better is an unknown. As for statements like "this was the most efficient and only way", and "with my current setup the A/C would be on all the time", are more sales pressure tactics than fact. I suggest you ask the other three companies their opinion on installing two systems instead of one. It would good if you posted one of the single systems and the dual system quotes for comments.