Kaizen
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I installed a 3 head LG 32k btu minisplit this summer. With a few assists here I was able to do it from start to finish successfully by myself. While the primary reason was i'm getting to that age i need to smarten up about lifting 12k btu window air conditioners which are the norm in the northeast. Secondary is to use as heat down to a certain temperature to minimize oil fuel use. The problem i had while deciding this was the specs are very hazy from manufacutrers. They give how low it CAN go and still produce heat but not how effeicient it is doing that.
I was very pleased using it solely through october where daytime temps were decent and night was in the 40s this year. But as we got a cold snap below freezing I quicly saw its cheaper to burn the oil.
I puchased a "Sense" panel monitor that plugs into your panel and shows up to the second results of what you are using. It uses its historical database to identify what things are and shows them in bubbles. I havent verified or named things yet as i am only concerned with total power being used.
You can use the wattage and your local energy costs to figure out what minisplit heating would cost you. sorry i couldnt figure out how to make pics smaller.
Reading one. Two heads running shooting for 70 internal temperature in 1000 sq foot space;18k and 12k. It perhaps rams up a couple hundred watts when starting but it was about this amount three times in half hour when i was checking.
Second set of data is all 3 heads running 18k,18k,12k in 1600sq ft. It fluxuates from 2500 total watts to 3700s as it cycles. For temps 32 and below it runs at 4200 or more watts all the time and when it was in the 20s although it was keeping the house warm i could hear it inside. Sounded like an airplane.
I was very pleased using it solely through october where daytime temps were decent and night was in the 40s this year. But as we got a cold snap below freezing I quicly saw its cheaper to burn the oil.
I puchased a "Sense" panel monitor that plugs into your panel and shows up to the second results of what you are using. It uses its historical database to identify what things are and shows them in bubbles. I havent verified or named things yet as i am only concerned with total power being used.
You can use the wattage and your local energy costs to figure out what minisplit heating would cost you. sorry i couldnt figure out how to make pics smaller.
Reading one. Two heads running shooting for 70 internal temperature in 1000 sq foot space;18k and 12k. It perhaps rams up a couple hundred watts when starting but it was about this amount three times in half hour when i was checking.
Second set of data is all 3 heads running 18k,18k,12k in 1600sq ft. It fluxuates from 2500 total watts to 3700s as it cycles. For temps 32 and below it runs at 4200 or more watts all the time and when it was in the 20s although it was keeping the house warm i could hear it inside. Sounded like an airplane.
