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Originally Posted by whitev70r
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.
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Uh, heat pumps also supply HEAT, which is where the majority of cost of use savings come into effect. The cooling function is a bonus.
I mean sure, you absolutely can get a boatload of portable AC's for cooling. But they're noisy, less efficient, and a pain in the ass to set up and have around.
And yeah, my heat pump has gone into cooling mode several times since it warmed up in april. It's in cooling right now.