Costco Members: MrCool E Star DIY 12K BTU Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pump System
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Costco Wholesale has for their Costco Members:MrCool E Star DIY Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pump Complete Systems for the prices listed. Shipping is free.
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As someone who just installed a "non" DIY mini split at their house, I want to encourage people to give them a try. I was very nervous about the install, but ultimately it is not that hard as long as you know the procedure (which I understand is the hardest part). In short, you can buy a non-DIY mini split, vacuum pump, and gauges all for less than a single Mr. Cool DIY setup. The video that helped out with the vacuuming part was from "DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse" on YouTube. You hook everything up and then connect the low-pressure blue side of the gauge to the port on the outdoor unit and the yellow hose to the vacuum. Run the vacuum for 15 minutes and let it sit for over an hour to confirm via the gauge there are no leaks. Assuming no leaks, you release a bit of the freon from the unit into the lines and then disconnect the gauge. Once disconnected you open everything up and you're good to go!
I nearly bought the DIY unit so I wouldn't have to mess with a vacuum, but now I'm glad I went that route to save money and learn along the way. You got this!
I bought the 24k a few years ago and I absolutely LOVE IT. It runs quiet and can chill things out in a hurry. I put mine in the living room as it's a centralized location and use my heat thermostat fan to circulate the cool air through the house (single story home).
The install for this can be very involved but it will really depend on your situation layout and skill level. If you get a 120v/15' hose unit that you can plug in to a standard recepticle, mount the head on the wall, drill a hole and shove the lines outside, then mount the unit on the siding or a concrete pad outside the wall, this install will likely be pretty easy.
It also be a pain as well though once you get into the 240v units if you aren't set up for it. I'm an electrician by trade and it took me 50 hours to install mine. That involved quite a few steps:
-Coring a 3" hole through brick, running lines up and through my garage and out the side wall.
-Setting up a chain-fall to hoist the condenser into the air, plus buying wall brackets and placing backing board in the walls with lag bolts to make damn sure it was solid.
-I bought the line gutter kit to give it a really clean install, highly recommend it.
-Run 1/2" conduit from my panel to a junction box outside the house, through the garage, to a disconnect under the unit.
-Installed 30 amp breaker and pulled 2 circuits a neutral and a ground, 10awg. The condenser doesn't need the neutral but you need a service gfci recepticle within a reasonable distance of the condenser unit. Plus it's been great having a plug out there now.
Sorry for the long ass post but take a few minutes with a pen and paper and a measuring tape before starting a project like this. What length of lines are you getting, how are you going to hide them? (coiling them up neatly behind the condenser is fine) What kind of walls are you drilling through, where is the condenser mounting, what voltage system will you need?
A 3" masonry core bit, wall brackets, gutters, EMT conduit, disconnect, hose and conduit supports, wire, chainfall; that's all things I hadn't anticipated but were made possible by my sponsors Amazon next day shipping and repeated trips to Home Depot heh.
Wish I knew how to host pics because it turned out great though. Good luck and safe installs everyone 👍
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Looks like these are Energy Star certified which should give you a 30% tax deduction. These are using R410A which is the last year it can be used.
There will likely be replacements just like there is for 22 even today. Your 410 equipment will be fine. Now if you can hold off a year you could get the equipment with the replacement.
Well to be fair it was a Mitsubishi setup with 4 internal units. Not exactly the same as Mr Cool.
My point was, you install this DIY then next year something goes wrong and needs a tech to service. Is it tough to find a tech willing to work on customer DIY equipment?
Exactly good luck finding this to be serviced. These were selling on ebay for 600-800$ few years back.
caution: if you have serious heating or cooling needs, these aren't very effective
I use two Mr. Cool 24k DIY units "seriously" year round and they seem to be extremely effective. They are life savers in my home. Just ordered another for the shop. Do you mean to say they are not very effective at lining the pockets of my local HVAC guy who quoted me way north of $20k to upgrade our central system? Because I agree with that statement.
If you have basic diy skills you can't go wrong with the right mini splits. For me I went with Senville however MrCooler is a bit easier to install. (If you don't mind the extra length of lines on the ground)
I use two Mr. Cool 24k DIY units "seriously" year round and they seem to be extremely effective. They are life savers in my home. Just ordered another for the shop. Do you mean to say they are not very effective at lining the pockets of my local HVAC guy who quoted me way north of $20k to upgrade our central system? Because I agree with that statement.
why would you need anything serious if you already had it? I'm saying these things can't handle serious heating or cooling tasks, if it's supplementary it should push you where you want to go. Right?
why would you need anything serious if you already had it? I'm saying these things can't handle serious heating or cooling tasks, if it's supplementary it should push you where you want to go. Right?
Agree with you in general. Our central system is coming up on 30 years old and its efficiency is low now compared to these, so it's only used once in a while or not at all. Two 24k mini splits on each end of the house seems to eliminate the need for the central system. Might not be for everyone, but to your point, I sometimes use the central system with the two Mr cool units to pull the house up/down way fast when we get up in the cold morning or come home to a hot house in the afternoon.
Yup, in the earlier photos you can see the ends of the connectors are green, indicating a rain-tight fitting. Over time in the sun, they eventually lost their luster and turned uniformly silver.
I do recommend drilling a small weep hole in the bottom of weather exposed junction boxes, raintight fittings or not; which I also did for this install.
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I nearly bought the DIY unit so I wouldn't have to mess with a vacuum, but now I'm glad I went that route to save money and learn along the way. You got this!
The install for this can be very involved but it will really depend on your situation layout and skill level. If you get a 120v/15' hose unit that you can plug in to a standard recepticle, mount the head on the wall, drill a hole and shove the lines outside, then mount the unit on the siding or a concrete pad outside the wall, this install will likely be pretty easy.
It also be a pain as well though once you get into the 240v units if you aren't set up for it. I'm an electrician by trade and it took me 50 hours to install mine. That involved quite a few steps:
-Coring a 3" hole through brick, running lines up and through my garage and out the side wall.
-Setting up a chain-fall to hoist the condenser into the air, plus buying wall brackets and placing backing board in the walls with lag bolts to make damn sure it was solid.
-I bought the line gutter kit to give it a really clean install, highly recommend it.
-Run 1/2" conduit from my panel to a junction box outside the house, through the garage, to a disconnect under the unit.
-Installed 30 amp breaker and pulled 2 circuits a neutral and a ground, 10awg. The condenser doesn't need the neutral but you need a service gfci recepticle within a reasonable distance of the condenser unit. Plus it's been great having a plug out there now.
Sorry for the long ass post but take a few minutes with a pen and paper and a measuring tape before starting a project like this. What length of lines are you getting, how are you going to hide them? (coiling them up neatly behind the condenser is fine) What kind of walls are you drilling through, where is the condenser mounting, what voltage system will you need?
A 3" masonry core bit, wall brackets, gutters, EMT conduit, disconnect, hose and conduit supports, wire, chainfall; that's all things I hadn't anticipated but were made possible by my sponsors Amazon next day shipping and repeated trips to Home Depot heh.
Wish I knew how to host pics because it turned out great though. Good luck and safe installs everyone 👍
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There will likely be replacements just like there is for 22 even today. Your 410 equipment will be fine. Now if you can hold off a year you could get the equipment with the replacement.
My point was, you install this DIY then next year something goes wrong and needs a tech to service. Is it tough to find a tech willing to work on customer DIY equipment?
Exactly good luck finding this to be serviced. These were selling on ebay for 600-800$ few years back.
Could you quantify to explain what you meant? Thanks
possible
likely no
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Did you switch out to raintights?
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Did you switch out to raintights?
Yup, in the earlier photos you can see the ends of the connectors are green, indicating a rain-tight fitting. Over time in the sun, they eventually lost their luster and turned uniformly silver.
I do recommend drilling a small weep hole in the bottom of weather exposed junction boxes, raintight fittings or not; which I also did for this install.
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What kind of non-DIY minisplit are you referring to? THanks