EcoRenovator - View Single Post - High-SEER mini splits instead of WSHP?

jeff5may · 04-15-17, 08:31 PM

We did the same thing with a rental property. The 14x70 aluminum box trailer had a "standard" sized gas furnace and a "premium" sized packaged air conditioning unit. After the furnace developed pilot problems, we swapped it for a "standard" double wide furnace. Everyone has been very happy with the extra heating capacity. I imagine it costs more to heat now than it did, but it's not a heat pump.

If you are going to employ setback strategies, oversizing your HVAC unit will allow the quick recovery that this strategy dictates. Make sure to install a variable capacity system that can throttle back its output when the setpoint is reached.

04-15-17, 08:31 PM	#15
jeff5may Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: elizabethtown, ky, USA Posts: 2,431 Thanks: 431 Thanked 619 Times in 517 Posts	We did the same thing with a rental property. The 14x70 aluminum box trailer had a "standard" sized gas furnace and a "premium" sized packaged air conditioning unit. After the furnace developed pilot problems, we swapped it for a "standard" double wide furnace. Everyone has been very happy with the extra heating capacity. I imagine it costs more to heat now than it did, but it's not a heat pump. If you are going to employ setback strategies, oversizing your HVAC unit will allow the quick recovery that this strategy dictates. Make sure to install a variable capacity system that can throttle back its output when the setpoint is reached. Last edited by jeff5may; 04-16-17 at 08:28 AM..