max_well
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Hey'all
I'm considering the purchase of a new mini split unit, probably 18k-24k BTU. I'm wondering about the possibility of placing compressor in an adjacent room, which is currently a laundry room. The motivation of this would be to avoid any problems running it during the cold months, as I live in a climate with cold snowy winters and I've read that such units are only rated to work down to certain temps (usually listed with a minimum operating temp of 0 degrees f)..
Also, it seems wasteful to be blow all the heat produced by the unit outside in months that the house is being heated. The laundry has a dryer vent (4") that I would attach a fan to, and is ~7'x8', in a basement.. does anyone have experience with this kind of setup? It seems like the concept is the same as building a box around the back of a window unit and using a fan to remove the generated heat; here the box is the room and I would just use blow the heat into the house in the winter, or a centrifugal fan to pull air from the room outside through the dryer vent in the warmer months.
Any thoughts? ps. those looking for mini split units-- there are several models that are eligible for the 30% federal tax credit on efficient appliances (up to 1500 credit, includes installation costs). Fujitsu and Mitsubishi, for instance, have some very efficient models of varying BTU that fit the guidelines.
I'm considering the purchase of a new mini split unit, probably 18k-24k BTU. I'm wondering about the possibility of placing compressor in an adjacent room, which is currently a laundry room. The motivation of this would be to avoid any problems running it during the cold months, as I live in a climate with cold snowy winters and I've read that such units are only rated to work down to certain temps (usually listed with a minimum operating temp of 0 degrees f)..
Also, it seems wasteful to be blow all the heat produced by the unit outside in months that the house is being heated. The laundry has a dryer vent (4") that I would attach a fan to, and is ~7'x8', in a basement.. does anyone have experience with this kind of setup? It seems like the concept is the same as building a box around the back of a window unit and using a fan to remove the generated heat; here the box is the room and I would just use blow the heat into the house in the winter, or a centrifugal fan to pull air from the room outside through the dryer vent in the warmer months.
Any thoughts? ps. those looking for mini split units-- there are several models that are eligible for the 30% federal tax credit on efficient appliances (up to 1500 credit, includes installation costs). Fujitsu and Mitsubishi, for instance, have some very efficient models of varying BTU that fit the guidelines.