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Good callout. Some people have the strangest reasons to hate high-efficiency ductless systems.
by operatingthetan 4y ago
Good callout. Some people have the strangest reasons to hate high-efficiency ductless systems.
- throwawayacc3 4y agoExcept it's incorrect. The best system is a "ducted ductless" system that circulates and filters air throughout the house.
- fifteenforty 4y agoI've seen that terminology used on US websites, it took me a while to get my head around. In Australia it would just be called ducted reverse cycle. In the vast majority of cases it would be "ducted ductless" I guess: outside unit connects via refrigerant lines to a heat exchanger and fan in the roof cavity, when then distributes the heated/cooled air to rooms via conventional ducting.
- operatingthetan 4y agoNobody calls it that (ducted ductless), it would just be called a ducted heat pump. The refrigerant lines just run to a central air handler where the ducts start in the house, instead of the air handlers that mount on the walls.
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- nsxwolf 4y agoHow do you go ductless in a 6000 sq ft home?
- mrexroad 4y agoTwo multi-head units should work just fine.
- operatingthetan 4y agoIf it's an existing build with ducts, stick with that. If it's a new build, then like the other poster said, you add more units. See the top of any commercial building for example: heat pumps all over the place. Another option is to supplement an existing ducted system with a ductless one adding additional zones where you might want conditioning over night. E.g. bedrooms where you want to sleep in cold A/C in the summer where the rest of the house can warm up a bit, or a person in the household who likes their room to be warmer than everyone elses in the winter.