I did get a MrCool Oasis/Olympus hyperheat 12k. Mostly for the discounted scratch/dent/oldstock price, and that a matching indoor/outdoor set was available, and cold climate capable for Michigan winters. (Who makes this model, Gree? I couldn't find what looked like the same cold climate model. My other one, MrCool Universal is definitely a Gree/Midea and numerous other rebrands judging by the identical service & install manuals).
Funny discussion on the radio today: Bemoaning the condition or capability of the grid, with increasing electrical consumption due to more air conditioning. Improving A/C efficiency used to save energy, now it just turns into everyone having A/C. They had a farmer saying hey I need fuel for my tractors, people need to eat, but do they really need to chill stores down to 70degs, bread doesn't need to be kept cold. I'm thinking, what, no store is going to make it uncomfortable to shop, people go to big stores just to cool off. And here I'm adding an A/C & heater to my garage that I don't really need, but hey, I have enough free electricity that the utility doesn't really compensate well enough for. That's why we're here.
The outdoor unit is 'B grade' scratch & dent, the indoor unit is old stock, only $650 shipped for the pair. With buying some tools that I had borrowed last time, and I think all the misc parts I'll need, I'm at $1100. After FTC, it'll be about $800.
I took the sheet metal off the outdoor unit to fix some dents. I was able to fix a kinked elbow on the coil where it hit the housing. The coil tubing is a lot thinner and softer than I expected. But it mostly popped back out with gentle squeeze and turn from smooth jaw pliers padded by a rag.
I started making a wall mount, but when the heatpump arrived, I decided that's not the best idea just to attempt getting warm attic air on sunny winter days. I made a stand instead and got it situated. The sides of the stand are steel from a DC Solar trailer... It was very helpful to trace the footprint of the heatpump, to build the stand.
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