drnick5 t1_jawo0dk wrote on March 4, 2023 at 5:26 PM

Reply to comment by FuriouslyFurious007 in Who do you like for Central AC install? by MikeMac999

This was 2 years ago now, so I'd expect prices to be a little higher now. I'd see if they can do it all with 1 larger condenser as it will certainly save you money. (I know mine can do up to 5 zones) but they'll come out and look at your place, take some measurements and give you a quote. They were super straight forward, and very low pressure.

FuriouslyFurious007 t1_jawp1ui wrote on March 4, 2023 at 5:33 PM

I think the largest Mitsubishi makes us 4 tons and that's not big enough for my house, unfortunately. I guess I could probably expect to pay 40k, then.

I'm glad to hear that your system works without oil. I'm keeping my oil boiler baseboard system as a backup, but definitely glad I won't have to use it.

drnick5 t1_jawpm6r wrote on March 4, 2023 at 5:37 PM

Yeah, my house has baseboard oil heat, hence why I had to install ducts, but figured I'd keep it as a backup. In the event we lost power for an extended period of time I can use it for heat, as I have a Tesla power wall setup, but the heat pump would drain that pretty quick. The only time I've used the oil furnace was a month ago or so, I had some water get in the basement, so I threw the wall hanging mini split on it's "dry" mode to help dry it quicker. But since I only have 1 condenser, and it was on cool mode for the basement I couldn't use it for heat on the main 2 floors.

FuriouslyFurious007 t1_jawx6ox wrote on March 4, 2023 at 6:28 PM

Thanks for all the info. I'm hoping they have quick install times now compared to when you did yours. We can't go another summer without AC and spending a fortune on oil is crazy. Hoping the solar setup with the heat pumps kills some of those bills.

Did you get electric heat strips with your blowers? Or are you just strictly using oil as a backup?

drnick5 t1_jawzddw wrote on March 4, 2023 at 6:43 PM

No prob! I didn't get the electric heat strips. From everything I've read they aren't really necessary since the heat pump works down to -12. I'm strictly using oil as a backup