Not sure if this is the right place to post this or not so forgive me if im in the wrong place. I recently installed a new thermostat in my house. As far as I know, We have a gas heater and a central air unit. I have never lived in a home that has a heat pump so I don't know much about them other than ive been looking in to adding one due to rising gas prices. Anyway, When I was installing the thermostat, I noticed that I had 6 wires instead of 5 like I should so I read the manual for the new device which told me to return my device and get a device that is compatable with a heat pump. So I did. It might be important to note that on the old thermostat we also had to run the heat in emergency heat mode.. i was never sure why untill now. Now I have a new thermostat that runs great. My question is.. since everything "appears"(I use the term loosely since I know nothing about this) to be set up for a heat pump, how hard would it be to replace the A/C unit with a new heat pump/ac unit? I'm sure I'm way over simplifying this so please slap me around a bit. I currently live in a ranch style house no basement.. crawl space. the house is about 1300 square feet. If I can't install the heatpump myself, how much should such an install run so I don't get taken to the cleaners on this? Thanks for your help

I have a Goodman PH036-1D heat pump. Sometimes the unit will kick on and stay on, but the blower will not start. There's also times when the unit and blower will stay on for 40 minutes like it did this morning at 4am. I'm not sure how long it would have gone because I turned it off before it had a chance to continue running my electric bill up. The only way to correct either one of these problems is to turn it off and turn it back on. The problem comes back, but not right off. Anybody out there know what might be happening? Thanks in advance!