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Originally posted by henryaz:
The heat option is nice, but it is about the most expensive form of heat you can get, being resistance coils @240V.

Heat Pump

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Originally posted by henryaz:

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Originally posted by Veeper:
The heat option is very nice to have as well

The heat option is nice, but it is about the most expensive form of heat you can get, being resistance coils @240V.

Still a damn site better than our base boards. Plus our local electric coop has a lower rate on the dedicated heating/cooling circuits for all electric homes like ours.

Update:

Contractor was here last Thursday installing a 240VAC 50Amp circuit for the mini-split installation. My breaker box is a 200Amp job so the add on was simple. Hook up was to the reduced rate heat meter.

Today the contractors are here to install the Mitsubishi 3 ton Hyper-Heat heat pump system and the 24k and 6k btu heads. They say it is a 2 to 3 day installation job.

I will be interested to hear how it turns out. I have a 90 year old duplex. I live upstairs and it was updated years ago to Central A/C.

I have tenants downstairs that have a window unit but I am looking to update it to Mitsubishi mini split. It seems like a better option than tearing out the ceiling to run duct work or going under the tiny crawl space under the house for duct work.

Are you sure they installed a 50 amp breaker?

The 3-ton, MXZ multi-zone, heat pump has a MCA of 23 amps with a MOCP of 25 amps.

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Originally posted by Excam_Man:
Are you sure they installed a 50 amp breaker?

The 3-ton, MXZ multi-zone, heat pump has a MCA of 23 amps with a MOCP of 25 amps.

Don't know what you're looking at but the Mits 3 ton (36k) Hyper-Heat unit requires 50amp


And yes that is what my electrician installed.

I am betting that you will be very pleased with your mini-split unit....I know I have been.

Exterior unit

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Originally posted by bald1:

Don't know what you're looking...

Pre-Hyper-Heat

My bad, sorry.

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Originally posted by Excam_Man:

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Originally posted by bald1:

Don't know what you're looking...

Pre-Hyper-Heat

My bad, sorry.

No problem!

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Originally posted by GT-40DOC:
I am betting that you will be very pleased with your mini-split unit....I know I have been.

Good lord, the bells and whistles on the 24k BTU indoor head (upper right in photo)

Bald1, is that your Teddy Roosevelt caricature hanging on the wall under the indoor head?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...935/m/9410038454/p/1

I can’t quite tell from the angle.

bald1 are you happy with the install?

I got two quotes yesterday for my 2 bedroom 1350 square foot rental unit. $13k for 2 head Daikin and $25k for 3 head Mitsubishi. I will be getting more quotes.

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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:
Bald1, is that your Teddy Roosevelt caricature hanging on the wall under the indoor head?

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...935/m/9410038454/p/1

I can’t quite tell from the angle.

Indeed it is! Thanks for remembering it.



Updated the picture to reflect the addition of a small ficus tree

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Originally posted by ibanda:
bald1 are you happy with the install?

I got two quotes yesterday for my 2 bedroom 1350 square foot rental unit. $13k for 2 head Daikin and $25k for 3 head Mitsubishi. I will be getting more quotes.

Yikes! That quote for the Mits is outlandish. Mine is a 3 ton Hyper-heat unit with 3 head capability and required "plumbing" to the interior head units on both the main and upstairs locations. Lots of twists and turns including cutting through the upstairs master bedroom wooden balcony porch. Installed cost was just slightly more than half your quote.


Installation was done by a "Diamond" rated Mits dealer with decades of experience. They did an excellent job.

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Originally posted by bald1:

Good lord, the bells and whistles on the 24k BTU indoor head (upper right in photo)

Funny how the only thing I saw in that room were the Magnaplanars.

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Originally posted by smschulz:


Funny how the only thing I saw in that room were the Magnaplanars.

Obviously a true audiophile's eye at work!
And no, they'd not qualify for even a low WAF (wife approval factor). LoLoLoLoL

I love the dehumidify setting…

Wrings out the water and only drop the temp a degree.

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Originally posted by Patriot:
I love the dehumidify setting…

Wrings out the water and only drop the temp a degree.

Haven't tried it as humidity for most of time around here indoors is 30% or below. Now during summer heat waves and periods of heavy precipitation it climbs well into the 80%s outside but again indoors it remains much lower.

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Originally posted by ibanda:

I got two quotes yesterday for my 2 bedroom 1350 square foot rental unit. $13k for 2 head Daikin and $25k for 3 head Mitsubishi. I will be getting more quotes.

Are they planning on using lube?