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Originally Posted by AC_Hacker
If you are unsure if you can DIY an install, check out Xringer's install thread.
It is well illustrated and described. Quite a few other people have installed their own from reading his thread.
Xringer was hesitant too, until I talked him into it.
-AC_Hacker.
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I read some of his threads and I got the impression that he still hired someone else to pull a vacuum and install the refrigerant, something I don't think I have the tools to do, other then that it's all compression fittings, right? but charging the system is something that I think is beyond me unless I'm missing something.
I like the idea of it being quieter and more efficient and my co-home-owner does as well, but if it's a cost of $1,000 or more over a window unit... that would be hard to justify.
Other reason for wanting to do this is we don't have any form of solid fuel heat in my house, it's on a city lot too so our heating options are pretty limited and we'd like to have an option other then natural gas and at some point would like to install PV panels, this might happen sooner rather then later, so a heat pump seems like a good option for running off solar for some home grown heat.