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Blecher_onthe_Hudson OP t1_j269odm wrote

Reply to comment by Jimmoe in Did your heating fail to keep your temp up last weekend when it was below 10 deg? by Blecher_onthe_Hudson

Huh, it seems an 18k BTU 2 head minisplit will only need a 20A circuit! But as I've found with the current project, sizing heating for these uninsulated & leaky apartments is not easy, it would suck to spend all that money and still not have enough heat for the cold snap.

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wasting_-my-_time t1_j28ebk6 wrote

I have three heat pumps, one per floor, and had no trouble keeping the house over 70 even on the coldest days. They run on 20A circuits. My electric bill has been shockingly low. But we also haven't had a really cold day in years. My December bill (reading on 12/12) was $157. That's my highest bill. If I remember I'll post the next one

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson OP t1_j2903w2 wrote

What do you call a really cold day? One of my sources said we were at 7°, it's a really cold day in my book and I've lived in the area my whole life.

I assume you have more than one room per floor, how is the heat distributed around?

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wasting_-my-_time t1_j296ncr wrote

Really cold is the weather we had here last week or the polar vortex winter from 5-6 years ago. I'm in Hamilton Park and stayed toasty with the heat pumps.

Yes I do. It's a ducted mini-splits. Fujitsu has a fantastic low profile air handler. I have one in a wall and two in the ceilings.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson OP t1_j29a3pq wrote

Wow, that sounds extremely cool but something that's not installed other than as part of a major reno.

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