Is It Normal for a Heat Pump to Run Constantly in Winter?
Inverter heat pumps are built for long, slow runs, so nonstop running in a Minnesota winter is often normal. The signs of a real problem and what to check.
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Centerville was platted in 1854 by French-Canadian settlers beside Peltier and Centerville lakes, and it held fewer than 750 people until the 1980s and 90s brought most of today's houses.
We repair and replace furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, boilers and ductless mini-splits in Centerville and across Anoka County. Every visit starts with a $79 trip charge and a written price before any work, and the $79 is waived when you go ahead with the repair.
Xcel Energy supplies electricity to most of Centerville and Connexus Energy to the east side, so the electric utility depends on your address.
Updated September 26, 2026

Around town: Centerville Lake · Peltier Lake · Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park · Main Street (County Road 14) · Centerville Elementary School
Book in CentervilleCenterville's first house went up in 1850, and in 1854 settlers named Peltier, LaValle and LaMotte platted a town named for its central spot between St. Paul, Stillwater and Anoka. Families from Quebec and elsewhere in Canada founded the Church of St. Genevieve, a sawmill was running by 1854, and the town stayed small for a century, with 209 residents in 1950 and 534 in 1970. Centerville Elementary opened in 1959, near the end of that quiet stretch.
Then the subdivisions came: 734 residents in 1980, 1,633 in 1990 and 3,202 in 2000, all within about 2.4 square miles wedged inside Lino Lakes. That compressed boom put whole streets of furnaces and air conditioners in within a few years of each other, and they are aging out together. The 1980s houses are often on their second furnace, and the 1990s houses are reaching the age when original condensing furnaces and air conditioners give out. Growth slowed after 2000, so replacement, not new construction, drives the work.
If your 1990s Centerville two-story has a bedroom over the garage, it's probably the coldest room in January. Its floor sits above unheated space, the duct feeding it often runs through the garage ceiling or a cold joist bay, and the air arrives having lost much of its heat. Sealing and insulating that duct run and the floor over the garage helps more than turning up the thermostat, and a small ductless head is the fallback when the room still lags.
Most of Centerville is Xcel Energy territory, where Saver's Switch can cycle an enrolled air conditioner on high-demand afternoons, with savings on the bill in return, and AC Rewards does something similar through a smart thermostat for an annual reward. The east side is Connexus Energy territory, with its Wi-Fi PowerNap program. If you're enrolled, a house that warms a little late on a hot afternoon is doing what the program intends, and cooling a bit extra in the morning offsets it. An AC that stays off for hours outside those events needs a repair call.
Natural gas in Centerville is Xcel Energy's, so a high-efficiency gas furnace falls under Xcel's Heating Equipment Rebates; check its participating-contractor rules before counting on one. Most homes also buy Xcel electricity, which brings its Residential Cooling Rebates and heat pump rebates handled by Trade Partner Network contractors. The east side is on Connexus Energy instead, with its own heat pump and central air rebates. Before you buy, ask whether the rebate you want requires a registered contractor. Don't plan on Minnesota's HEAR or HOMES rebates yet; neither has launched.
Rebate programs change every year; check the utility's current terms before you buy. Our guides: Xcel and CenterPoint rebates, heat pump rebates, what happened to the federal credits.
Central Minnesota Heating and Cooling serves Centerville and the rest of Anoka County, about 16 miles from downtown Minneapolis. We repair and replace furnaces, central air, heat pumps, boilers and ductless mini-splits, and we're open 7 days, 7am–9pm. Call 612-429-3465.
A flat $79 trip charge, waived when you approve the repair. Written price before any work; same prices in every town we serve. Installed prices are on our pricing page.
Because their houses went up at the same time. Centerville grew from 734 residents in 1980 to 3,202 in 2000, so whole streets got furnaces and air conditioners within a few years of each other, and that equipment is aging out together. A furnace from the 1990s is now roughly 27 to 36 years old. Replacing it before it fails in a January cold snap leaves time to compare written quotes and Xcel rebates.
Start with the venting. Older houses often vent a furnace or water heater into a masonry chimney that has outlived several appliances, so we test draft and look for a missing or damaged liner. Then the ducts, since rooms added over the years may have long runs or none at all. If there's no CO alarm within 10 feet of every sleeping room, add one; state law requires it. And learn where the gas shutoff is.
Yes. Centerville's mechanical permit application lists furnaces, air conditioners, chimney and flue work, and ductwork, and it asks for the contractor's mechanical bond number. The State Building Code requires an inspection of the finished work, which is scheduled with the city's inspections department. We apply for the permit, meet the inspector, and include the permit in the written quote rather than adding it later.
It can, because furnace rebates follow the gas bill, and Xcel Energy is Centerville's gas utility. Xcel's Heating Equipment Rebates, the program for high-efficiency gas furnaces, come with participating-contractor rules to check. Your electric utility decides the rest: on Connexus Energy, the heat pump rebates, central AC rebate and PowerNap program come from Connexus instead of Xcel. Bring one of each bill to the quote and we'll match the forms to the right utility.
Inverter heat pumps are built for long, slow runs, so nonstop running in a Minnesota winter is often normal. The signs of a real problem and what to check.
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