Costco Wholesale has for their
Members:
MRCOOL DIY 18K BTU Mini-Split Air Conditioner and Heat Pump with Wi-Fi Smart Controller (DIY-18-HP-230AE) on sale for
$1299.99.
Shipping is free.
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NickFab for finding this deal.
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Key Features:
- The MRCOOL DIY series comes with pre-charged line sets alleviating one major obstacle to amateur installation in a single stroke.
- Functionality for Apple and Android smart devices; works with Amazon Alexa; works with Google Assistant.
- Refrigerant leakage detection ensures your system remains operating efficiently without degradation due to undetected corrosion.
- Control your MRCOOL DIY anywhere, on your Android or Apple smart device, with the new MRCOOL Remote app.
- MRCOOL DIY temperature compensation technology help keeps you comfortable in any weather conditions.
- Low ambient cooling: cooling down to 5°F - this feature makes the MRCOOL DIY the ideal system for computer server rooms, greenhouses, and any other application that requires cooling all year.
- Gold fin condenser: corrosion resistant, condenser is built to resist long term corrosion.
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Guys, heatpumps take heat from outside to inside, or from inside to outside. They MOVE heat, aka they pump the heat. Hence Heatpump.
Nextt, Fog would not prevent this from working. Would probably transfer heat better due to higher humidity, but ultimately might decay the coil if a coastal region.
These units are fine, and I recently got one for my buddy to install for himself. However, eventually these linesets, not being brazed in will leak. Probably a few years down the road if done right, but they leak very slowly. A brazed connection is essentially metal melting the connection point closed off so no leaks if done right.
Next, if you oversize these, they wont dehumidify because when they slo down their capacity, the coil gets less cold. it takes a cold coil to dehumidify inside, so right sizing is important.
These are not meant to be data room units, and if its used in some mining operation, there should have been calculations to say that there is X amount of heat dissipation in watts from these GPus, and figure up what that load looks like and size accordingly. Of course with none of that running and 18K in a 10x12 room is WAY too big.
I actually wanna add one to my own garage but getting a power circuit run is gonna be a pain as my panel is full up, and my basement subpanel is almost full as well.
I think my install was quite a bit more involved than a lot of installs would normally be since I had to core through brick and run new conduit from my panel. For the most part the kit will have most, if not all of what you need. Check both boxes you get for damages, I got a unit from HD first that was half crushed, the unit I got from Costco had the fan cover bashed in a bit but I hammered it back out with a mallet and block. Too much trouble to return and wait for another unit to ship, and I can't see the damage now. Don't get halfway through your install and open the next box and see an issue!
Performance is great, it's very quiet and heats and cools AWESOME. I quickly got the house down to 65 degrees during the heat wave, and now use it nightly to keep the house comfortable. The air it puts out feels nice, I'm not sure how to describe it but it's different than air out of my vents from the furnace.
I'd definitely recommend these units though, definitely my favorite upgrade to my house.
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Did the install myself sans the electric, which I had an electrician to install. Mounted inside unit and ran line set 12 feet over, 6 feet down, and through a sheet rock and brick wall. Ordered a pvc lineset cover set from Amazon to conceal the line set and drain line. Ordered a Mr cool wall mount for the outside unit and that made that part fairly easy.
The unit came with a remote control, a wall thermostat, and a wifi dongle/mobile app. I don't understand what the wall thermostat is for though. With the dongle it works with Smartthings which is GREAT. Also works with Alexa. I can say Alexa turn on garage AC and it's on.
Did the install myself sans the electric, which I had an electrician to install. Mounted inside unit and ran line set 12 feet over, 6 feet
Works with Smartthings which is GREAT. Also works with Alexa. I can say Alexa turn on garage AC and it's on.
a licensed HVAC guy will tell you $1300 for the labor + $500 for electrical
Our research indicates that MRCOOL DIY 18K BTU Mini-Split Air Conditioner and Heat Pump with Wi-Fi Smart Controller is $268.01 less (~17% Savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $1568 at the time of this posting.
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Truth be told, I.was simply waiting for the electrician that had just installed our home generator to come back and install this. I got antsy waiting for him and decided to simply get him started lol. Next thing I know, I had it installed! It truly is a diy unit as I was able to make it happen with no prior hvac experience!
I picked up a 24k mini split with Wifi for less than this over the summer.
Truth be told, I.was simply waiting for the electrician that had just installed our home generator to come back and install this. I got antsy waiting for him and decided to simply get him started lol. Next thing I know, I had it installed! It truly is a diy unit as I was able to make it happen with no prior hvac experience!
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Guys, heatpumps take heat from outside to inside, or from inside to outside. They MOVE heat, aka they pump the heat. Hence Heatpump.
Nextt, Fog would not prevent this from working. Would probably transfer heat better due to higher humidity, but ultimately might decay the coil if a coastal region.
These units are fine, and I recently got one for my buddy to install for himself. However, eventually these linesets, not being brazed in will leak. Probably a few years down the road if done right, but they leak very slowly. A brazed connection is essentially metal melting the connection point closed off so no leaks if done right.
Next, if you oversize these, they wont dehumidify because when they slo down their capacity, the coil gets less cold. it takes a cold coil to dehumidify inside, so right sizing is important.
These are not meant to be data room units, and if its used in some mining operation, there should have been calculations to say that there is X amount of heat dissipation in watts from these GPus, and figure up what that load looks like and size accordingly. Of course with none of that running and 18K in a 10x12 room is WAY too big.
I actually wanna add one to my own garage but getting a power circuit run is gonna be a pain as my panel is full up, and my basement subpanel is almost full as well.
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