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Originally Posted by AC_Hacker
Since this is a DIY kind of forum, how will you create a working solution?
-AC
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Well, to me it all just seems too easy. I must be missing something. I could go to Walmart and spend $99 on a brand new air conditioner. I could spend another $100 in random parts from ebay, add a reversing valve to this air conditioner, and have a $900 "heat pump" for $200. Is that incorrect? That would easily pay for itself in the first heating season vs an electric heater!
Even if I didn't have the skills to do this myself, I could spend another $300 paying an HVAC guy to do it for me, and still spend way less.
But even if you get rid of the "heat pump" idea, and simply turn the air conditioner into a dedicated "compressor heater", they should be able to sell those at Walmart for the same $99. Why not? I always thought it was because they didn't work very well when it got cold, but I've disproven that!
It's funny, this air conditioner is doing a better job of heating this room, than it did cooling it!