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whitev70r · 05-26-2023, 09:33 AM

I was thinking a lot about this and for the 2-3 weeks that you need ac, it's a lot of $$$. I can easily buy 2-3 12,000 btu portable ac's to cover each floor at what, $700 each? I can see the convenience of it being central, don't have to worry about storing the ac's in the fall to spring but man, $15K ... how long will it take me to recoup that cash outlay? And the paperwork for rebates, the process, and my strata requirements (they want documentation that it is legit and won't ruin common property, etc.)

I'm having 2nd thoughts on heat pump/ac. I know it's only May but I suspect no one has had to turn on the ac on your heat pump yet. There was one week when temps went a bit high but by evening, still manageable with a fan. If I lived in Kamloops or Kelowna or Abbotsford, yah ... for sure cuz it gets so much hotter there but here in the Mainland ... hmmmm.

05-26-2023, 09:33 AM	#5
whitev70r Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 604 Posts: 10,379 Thanked 6,231 Times in 3,003 Posts Failed 320 Times in 161 Posts	I was thinking a lot about this and for the 2-3 weeks that you need ac, it's a lot of $$$. I can easily buy 2-3 12,000 btu portable ac's to cover each floor at what, $700 each? I can see the convenience of it being central, don't have to worry about storing the ac's in the fall to spring but man, $15K ... how long will it take me to recoup that cash outlay? And the paperwork for rebates, the process, and my strata requirements (they want documentation that it is legit and won't ruin common property, etc.) I'm having 2nd thoughts on heat pump/ac. I know it's only May but I suspect no one has had to turn on the ac on your heat pump yet. There was one week when temps went a bit high but by evening, still manageable with a fan. If I lived in Kamloops or Kelowna or Abbotsford, yah ... for sure cuz it gets so much hotter there but here in the Mainland ... hmmmm.