Watts != btu. You're thinking in terms of resistance heating. A mini-split is FAR more efficient in a particular range. The ones I've gotten in the last 4 years are incredibly efficient at ~40-80 degrees. They're still decent at -8 through 40. Not too good when colder than -8, but it'll still heat.
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 9:25 AM Jan-GAMs <[email protected]> wrote: > somethings off, 6k btu should consume 1758.42642 watts. Your mini-splits > invent a new type of btu? > On 1/20/22 06:11, Robert wrote: > > The $800 mini-splits I am looking at put out about 6K BTU's of heat on 400 > Watts. The home depot $300 heaters put out 5K BTU's but require 1500 > watts.. Not going to do well in the winter overnight off grid... And no > a/c in the summer... > > On 1/20/22 5:53 AM, Jan-GAMs wrote: > > $1895? For a one room ac/heater? Home Depot has something similar for > $300. Is it the decal? Hood ornament? > On 1/19/22 05:13, Zach Underwood wrote: > > If you have not already gotten the mini splits take a look at > https://www.hotspotenergy.com/solar-air-conditioner/ > It has direct PV inputs when sunny it would put no load on your inverter > IT can be put in solar only mode where it will scale the cool/heat output > to match the power it is getting PV > It can run overnight if you wish by giving in 240volt AC connection. > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 7:08 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am working on my first off grid home, and hope to do another in the >> future somewhere more northerly.. This one is in the sunbelt of N. >> Nevada and currently I have 4K of solar feeding a 30KW LFP battery bank >> through currently a Victron charge controller and a couple midnight >> solar inverters to generate a flawed 220 as well as two sides of 110. ( >> the 220 will not run the well controller even though supposedly >> configured for such. ) I am upgrading the inverters and controller to >> a >> >> https://www.signaturesolar.com/products/8kw-48v-240vac-split-phase-120a-250vdc-off-grid-inverter-by-growatt >> >> planning on doing a couple 9K mini-splits for heating/cooling. >> >> I wonder if this group has some gotchas that I might learn from in >> advance before I buy myself into a corner... I'm all ears.. >> >> thanks!! >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > advance-networking.com > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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