When I built this house, we put in one, 4 ton compressor, three mini split air handler style units, and two wall hung mini split heads. Each unit has its own thermostat, each program to different parameters, but combined it keeps the house extremely comfortable, and our bills are not bad at all. This technology is fantastic!
Haha I run 8 heat pumps in 120 degrees and in direct sunlight 😂 they work well. It's super fun using a heat camera to measure the temperature differential.
We we're quoted $8K-$14K to replace the central unit for a single room (a converted, two-car garage). We bought a mini-split for $800 and installed it ourselves. In spite of needing to boost our insulation, the mini split is doing an amazing job. That is the coolest room in the house.
Man I can't wait for my two units to come in. I already have the solar panels. Been waiting to have them for awhile. Just had to free up the money. Then they were out and on pre order. So I ordered 2. Plans to have about 5-6 eventually... Jeff
Wow 4 units for 1800 sq ft seems like a lot, but I do like the quiet factor. It was very interesting to see how they work with a solar system. It’s nice to know how efficient they are.
Redundancy is a big deal here too. You could probably make that place 65 degrees if you wanted but if you lost one mini split a simple fan in that area could at least keep that area moderately cool. Smart really.
That is not many units for a home this size. Remember, they work very differently than traditional systems. One in each bedroom and 1 for my large main space. I could add one more honestly. The design and layout of the home is also a big factor.
Wow you're pretty heat tolerant I keep my place at 72 during the day when the energy is free (from the sun) and at night maybe as high as 75, but that's it, I need my coolness :)
We have R-19 in the exterior walls, R-15 in the interior walls R-19 in the ceiling between our apartment and garage, so that our living area upstairs will stay warmer and cooler. Our attic has R-54. Last winter when the daytime temperature was around 25 F and Zero at night, our highest bi-monthly bill was $140.
The 112 year old house I’m in is finally getting insulation. Yay winters won’t quite suck as bad now. Amazing how they built these things back in the day plaster does a decent job but not what modern stuff can do.
@@Capoe3 I’m super happy that you’re getting your house insulated. My grandma had a house with no insulation, so I decided to insulate her attic in 1994 with R-48 insulation. She was always toasty in the winter and cooler in the summer. At first she thought I was nuts and wasting my money, but I told her that it was my money and I wanted to do something nice for her.
@@CountryLivingExperience I wish we had known this 3.5 years ago when we 1st moved here, as we had to replace the old force air system... thankfully we have great insulated home, so our bills and power usage have been really good... however if a grid down situation happens, well we love to have the mini-splits ready to roll and we can insulate what we cool and what we don't. Thanks again.
Awesome! Thank you for this information. We are in Palestine and looking to possibly move to a smaller house near Frankston and plan on putting these in it. This video helped a lot!
We have a substantial solar system so I follow consumption closely. Our 2600sq ft house has a 4-ton (48,000BTU?) high-end Lennox forced air whole-house heat-pump. It works well up to 110F where the power consumption (18a @ 240v on the outdoor unit) maxes out! Somewhere between 110-115F (we get 115F once or twice a year) during the 4-8pm (hottest part of day) period it just can't keep up and the temp in the house will rise from 75F to 78F'ish till 10pm when things start to cool off. So our max consumption is 18a@240v compressor + ~600w fan = ~5000w. All-in-all, hi SEER heat pumps - either whole house or mini-splits - work very well in my opinion. FYI - Winter is the same, power consumption starts to max out
I have had my Emporia 16 circuit VUE installed for about a month. Nice to see the usage. One thing I miss is our electricity provider will overlay the temperature over the usage which gives us an idea of the heat and cool required. I just replaced a 5 ton unit for the main part of the house with a 4 ton Trane. Looking back on it I would have liked to look into Mini Splits as we are empty nesters and many rooms don’t need cooling all the time. I have an office/ham shack that I am not in often and we have some of the external bedrooms as well as a game room. A friend has mini splits that will cool based on people in the room. I don’t know how effective they are but even manually adjusting temps would be acceptable. My ham shack is where my radio operation is and I plan on using a small solar setup just for that room, and will budget a mini split for that room. I will install the min split and have my friend from church draw vacuum and flare ends so I don’t have a lot of spooled up lines. Thanks again for the video. God Bless!
Do you monitor the humidity in the house? It may not be a factor there, but here in middle Georgia the humidity inside can be a problem, even with the air running. Also, the infra red temp gun may give you a more accurate reading at a distance of a couple feet. The farther you are, the larger the circle is that it reads. Most of them are most accurate for surface temperature readings and not the air itself.
I don't monitor the humidity but these mini-splits do dehumidify while cooling. They do a great job at it from what I have heard. It feels very dry in the house and that is probably why it feels very cold to me at 77°.
I’m just north of Dallas. Someone on our neighborhood app asked what everyone keeps their house temp at during this heat. So many people keep their house at 70 to 72 during the day and in the 60’s at night. 😳 even in this heat. We don’t. I stay home with my kids and homeschool them, we keep ours at 77 or 78 during the day. And then turn it down at night. Our electric bill isn’t bad. I just was shocked what temps people kept their thermostats at, even in this heat. They’re probably the same folks that bark about cLiMaTe ChAnGe. 😵💫
We’re in TX too and the same scenario. We bought one LG dual inverter window unit to help reduce the central a/c from kicking on (increase LG from 71 to 73 day & 71 at night, central ac from 77 to 82 during the day and 77 at night. We run all our fans including tower fans to help. We had to do this because we moved into an older home and insulation isn’t good and we still need to seal areas of our home. Hope this helps someone.
We keep our A/C at 75. My dad lives in an attached apartment and his A/C is at 77. We keep our heat on 68 degrees F and my dad keeps his on 75 . Climate change is Biblical
If you had a choice, would you choose Mr. Cool over singnature Solars mini split. The reason I ask is because I am about to purchase a solar system from signature solar and was wondering if there was a difference. If you could please give pros and cons of each?
I have an old unit from Sig Solar (Innovair brand) that did not have pre-vacuumed lines. Now that they have the EG4 units with the pre-vac lines, I may choose them. At the time, the Mr.Cool was the only one with pre-vaccumed lines and it was way easier than the Innovair.
78°?! Need some real examples lol. I don’t think anyone in Texas, besides y’all of course, keep their thermostat above 72. Really good info though. It’d just be a little different results with a more livable temp 😂
I'm in Texas, and I turn my A/C off and on, letting it get to about 82⁰ before cooking it off again. People keeping their A/C at 72⁰ in over 100⁰ temps are out of their minds. No wonder the grid is getting overwhelmed.
When I built this house, we put in one, 4 ton compressor, three mini split air handler style units, and two wall hung mini split heads. Each unit has its own thermostat, each program to different parameters, but combined it keeps the house extremely comfortable, and our bills are not bad at all. This technology is fantastic!
Awesome!
Haha I run 8 heat pumps in 120 degrees and in direct sunlight 😂 they work well. It's super fun using a heat camera to measure the temperature differential.
Awesome. You certainly have a more brutal climate than I. These mini-split units are amazing!
We we're quoted $8K-$14K to replace the central unit for a single room (a converted, two-car garage). We bought a mini-split for $800 and installed it ourselves. In spite of needing to boost our insulation, the mini split is doing an amazing job. That is the coolest room in the house.
That’s awesome. They are certainly a way better solution for cooling.
We run two of these in our shop. They are incredible!
Man I can't wait for my two units to come in. I already have the solar panels. Been waiting to have them for awhile. Just had to free up the money. Then they were out and on pre order. So I ordered 2. Plans to have about 5-6 eventually... Jeff
Nice. Hope you get them soon.
Wow 4 units for 1800 sq ft seems like a lot, but I do like the quiet factor. It was very interesting to see how they work with a solar system. It’s nice to know how efficient they are.
Redundancy is a big deal here too. You could probably make that place 65 degrees if you wanted but if you lost one mini split a simple fan in that area could at least keep that area moderately cool. Smart really.
That is not many units for a home this size. Remember, they work very differently than traditional systems. One in each bedroom and 1 for my large main space. I could add one more honestly. The design and layout of the home is also a big factor.
4 isn't bad for 1800 sq ft.
Wow you're pretty heat tolerant I keep my place at 72 during the day when the energy is free (from the sun) and at night maybe as high as 75, but that's it, I need my coolness :)
It seems cold to me. Even my wife puts on a blanket when sitting on the couch.
We have R-19 in the exterior walls, R-15 in the interior walls R-19 in the ceiling between our apartment and garage, so that our living area upstairs will stay warmer and cooler. Our attic has R-54.
Last winter when the daytime temperature was around 25 F and Zero at night, our highest bi-monthly bill was $140.
R-54 in the ceiling is great. I need to add some.
The 112 year old house I’m in is finally getting insulation. Yay winters won’t quite suck as bad now. Amazing how they built these things back in the day plaster does a decent job but not what modern stuff can do.
@@Capoe3 I’m super happy that you’re getting your house insulated.
My grandma had a house with no insulation, so I decided to insulate her attic in 1994 with R-48 insulation.
She was always toasty in the winter and cooler in the summer.
At first she thought I was nuts and wasting my money, but I told her that it was my money and I wanted to do something nice for her.
Awesomeness, thanks for the info, we are going solar and this helps mucho.
Blessings ❤
Glad it is helpful. They are so much better than the older forced air systems.
@@CountryLivingExperience I wish we had known this 3.5 years ago when we 1st moved here, as we had to replace the old force air system... thankfully we have great insulated home, so our bills and power usage have been really good... however if a grid down situation happens, well we love to have the mini-splits ready to roll and we can insulate what we cool and what we don't.
Thanks again.
Awesome! Thank you for this information. We are in Palestine and looking to possibly move to a smaller house near Frankston and plan on putting these in it. This video helped a lot!
Very cool. Glad it was helpful!
We have a substantial solar system so I follow consumption closely. Our 2600sq ft house has a 4-ton (48,000BTU?) high-end Lennox forced air whole-house heat-pump. It works well up to 110F where the power consumption (18a @ 240v on the outdoor unit) maxes out! Somewhere between 110-115F (we get 115F once or twice a year) during the 4-8pm (hottest part of day) period it just can't keep up and the temp in the house will rise from 75F to 78F'ish till 10pm when things start to cool off. So our max consumption is 18a@240v compressor + ~600w fan = ~5000w. All-in-all, hi SEER heat pumps - either whole house or mini-splits - work very well in my opinion. FYI - Winter is the same, power consumption starts to max out
Thanks for sharing.
I have had my Emporia 16 circuit VUE installed for about a month. Nice to see the usage. One thing I miss is our electricity provider will overlay the temperature over the usage which gives us an idea of the heat and cool required.
I just replaced a 5 ton unit for the main part of the house with a 4 ton Trane. Looking back on it I would have liked to look into Mini Splits as we are empty nesters and many rooms don’t need cooling all the time. I have an office/ham shack that I am not in often and we have some of the external bedrooms as well as a game room. A friend has mini splits that will cool based on people in the room. I don’t know how effective they are but even manually adjusting temps would be acceptable. My ham shack is where my radio operation is and I plan on using a small solar setup just for that room, and will budget a mini split for that room. I will install the min split and have my friend from church draw vacuum and flare ends so I don’t have a lot of spooled up lines. Thanks again for the video. God Bless!
Cool. Good luck with that mini split install. I like the DIY Mr.Cool but those extra coiled up lines are an eyesore.
Bro... I too have the inovair. They are by far the best
Do you monitor the humidity in the house? It may not be a factor there, but here in middle Georgia the humidity inside can be a problem, even with the air running. Also, the infra red temp gun may give you a more accurate reading at a distance of a couple feet. The farther you are, the larger the circle is that it reads. Most of them are most accurate for surface temperature readings and not the air itself.
I don't monitor the humidity but these mini-splits do dehumidify while cooling. They do a great job at it from what I have heard. It feels very dry in the house and that is probably why it feels very cold to me at 77°.
I’m just north of Dallas. Someone on our neighborhood app asked what everyone keeps their house temp at during this heat. So many people keep their house at 70 to 72 during the day and in the 60’s at night. 😳 even in this heat. We don’t. I stay home with my kids and homeschool them, we keep ours at 77 or 78 during the day. And then turn it down at night. Our electric bill isn’t bad. I just was shocked what temps people kept their thermostats at, even in this heat. They’re probably the same folks that bark about cLiMaTe ChAnGe. 😵💫
Yes, that's way too cold! I agree, around 75-77 isn't bad at all.
We’re in TX too and the same scenario. We bought one LG dual inverter window unit to help reduce the central a/c from kicking on (increase LG from 71 to 73 day & 71 at night, central ac from 77 to 82 during the day and 77 at night. We run all our fans including tower fans to help. We had to do this because we moved into an older home and insulation isn’t good and we still need to seal areas of our home. Hope this helps someone.
I only keep mine at 72 because I have the EG4 solar mini splits, so during the day me no pay :)
@@shaybee22 That shouldn't matter. It's not all about money.
We keep our A/C at 75. My dad lives in an attached apartment and his A/C is at 77.
We keep our heat on 68 degrees F and my dad keeps his on 75 .
Climate change is Biblical
If you had a choice, would you choose Mr. Cool over singnature Solars mini split. The reason I ask is because I am about to purchase a solar system from signature solar and was wondering if there was a difference. If you could please give pros and cons of each?
I have an old unit from Sig Solar (Innovair brand) that did not have pre-vacuumed lines. Now that they have the EG4 units with the pre-vac lines, I may choose them. At the time, the Mr.Cool was the only one with pre-vaccumed lines and it was way easier than the Innovair.
We are near Tyler as well.
Sadly our 25 + yr old unit gave up the ghost in this 108 degree heat. Also in Texas…about 50 miles NE of you..🥵
Time for some mini-splits. You can DIY them.
78°F? That's damn near a crime in my house. At least according to my GF. Lol😮
lol
Wow!, we run HVAC on 69 and I thought that was hot. And that on days when it's up above 100 degrees. 4 ton unit .
That's freezing cold for me.
78°?! Need some real examples lol. I don’t think anyone in Texas, besides y’all of course, keep their thermostat above 72. Really good info though. It’d just be a little different results with a more livable temp 😂
Livable 😂, 72 is like an ice box! These mini-splits feel very different to forced air systems.
I'm in Texas, and I turn my A/C off and on, letting it get to about 82⁰ before cooking it off again. People keeping their A/C at 72⁰ in over 100⁰ temps are out of their minds. No wonder the grid is getting overwhelmed.