Question for mini split users

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Biggd

There is an option on my remotes that will allow the head temperature to follow the remote, I haven't tried that yet.

That’s a great option and would use that if I were you.

Your heads are most likely up high on your wall mounted near a ceiling and hopefully NOT on an exterior wall. This means the temp it is reading will be much higher since heat rises. Depending on the height of your ceiling, insulating value of your house and location of head, there could as much as a 10 degree difference in readings (just a guess).

Dan

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

That’s a great option and would use that if I were you.

Your heads are most likely up high on your wall mounted near a ceiling and hopefully NOT on an exterior wall. This means the temp it is reading will be much higher since heat rises. Depending on the height of your ceiling, insulating value of your house and location of head, there could as much as a 10 degree difference in readings (just a guess).

Dan

The heads are all on exterior walls.
The reason I haven't tried the remote temp option is I have little grandkids over quite often and the remotes magically disappear!
Right now I have them Vel-crowed to the sides of the heads.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Biggd

The heads are all on exterior walls.

This surprises me….They will usually only do this if there absolutely no other place to put it.

When Home Energy installed mine, BART the owner was adamant about not mounting any of them on exterior walls due to the possibility of drain lines leaking or freezing as well as hiding the lines to and from the evaporator. Also exterior walls are always colder and will give your thermostat a lower reading than what the actual temp really is. It certainly makes an easier install on an exterior wall but should be avoided at all costs whenever possible…

Dan

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

This surprises me….They will usually only do this if there absolutely no other place to put it.

When Home Energy installed mine, BART the owner was adamant about not mounting any of them on exterior walls due to the possibility of drain lines leaking or freezing as well as hiding the lines to and from the evaporator. Also exterior walls are always colder and will give your thermostat a lower reading than what the actual temp really is. It certainly makes an easier install on an exterior wall but should be avoided at all costs whenever possible…

Dan

The heads only drain water when the AC is on so there is really no threat of them freezing, not sure why he would have told you that? As far as leaking, I would rather have them leak outside of the house rather than inside.
Home Energy installed a unit for a friend of mine in Rumney and they put it on an outside wall. He's on the top of Stinson Mountain where it's 10 degrees colder than the Lakes region in the winter.
Last February when my temp in Meredith was -17, it was -27 at his house but he wasn't using his mini split.
Most of the installs I see around here in mass have the covers going up the sides of the house. Out of the 5 heads I do have 2 technically on inside walls but the backside of those walls aren't heated.
My wife requested as few visual covers on the outside of the house as possible. They aren't that bad, just looks like another gutter downspout.