[basjoos]

I'm getting ready to install a Mitsubishi 2-zone mini-split and decided to mount the outside unit on a small platform outside the second floor on the north side of the house. Here in South Carolina, the cooling season is longer than the heating season, so having the unit on the north side keeps it out of the hot summer sun. A second reason for having it "upstairs" is to keep it above the approx 8 foot deep cold air drainage flow that flows past the house on clear windless winter nights. This location also requires shorter power and tubing runs than a ground level installation and makes it more difficult for potential copper thieves to make off with the outside unit (not that this is a problem yet in my rural location).