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Hi,
Anyone is aware that a mini split room air conditioner require a town permit to install? I am under jurisdiction of Town of Hempstead. This is not the mini split central AC. It the mini split with a small unit hanging outdoor and an indoor air handler mount on the wall, that most of the people use in other country.
So it sounds like all it need is to have an electrical underwriter submit a certificate to the town once the work is complete without the need to submit a building permit first.
With all the stupid process and slowness in the building department and town, it just make life of resident so complicate when he/she wants to do some work in the house or in the yard.
I am planning to get 5 indoor to 1 outdoor Fujitsu mini split install this summer myself and hook up to electrical disconnect box that's already there. There used to be a 40-50 years old Central AC condenser installed by original owner. I had it removed two months ago when I had my window and siding replaced.
The folks in the building department is useless. If you ask the reception there in ToH, it sounds like everything needs building permit. I asked the lady if a permit is needed if I need to replace a piece of broken sheetrock, she said yes. I don't think these people know anything other than asking us for money and making us running around.
So it sounds like all it need is to have an electrical underwriter submit a certificate to the town once the work is complete without the need to submit a building permit first.
With all the stupid process and slowness in the building department and town, it just make life of resident so complicate when he/she wants to do some work in the house or in the yard.
I am planning to get 5 indoor to 1 outdoor Fujitsu mini split install this summer myself and hook up to electrical disconnect box that's already there. There used to be a 40-50 years old Central AC condenser installed by original owner. I had it removed two months ago when I had my window and siding replaced.
The folks in the building department is useless. If you ask the reception there in ToH, it sounds like everything needs building permit. I asked the lady if a permit is needed if I need to replace a piece of broken sheetrock, she said yes. I don't think these people know anything other than asking us for money and making us running around.
That is because everything NEEDS a permit.....lol. Honestly I see both sides of permitting. Recently I have 2 clients in situations where the prior owners removed load bearing walls with negative affects to the home 5-10 years later. Lots of money to repair.
On the other hand, Town of Huntington is hassling a client over 1" height on a deck.
Although you didn't ask, I don't recommend the single outdoor unit to multiple indoor units. I have the higher end one from Fujitsu. The indoor units just don't work properly when each unit has a different temperature setting.
Although I can add more indoor units to the existing system, when I put it in my basement and garage, each indoor will be paired with its own outdoor condenser.
I thought about having multiple outdoor unit to match each indoor but hate to see a farm of condenser outside the house everywhere.
I am not sure if you aware that each outdoor unit waste about 10-50 watt of power per hour when idle. The power is draw to keep the circuit board running so that when user press the remote, the unit start. In the winter time, it uses more power to warm crank case in the compressor. It doesn't sound a lot but when you do the math, 10-50watt per hour x 24hr/day x 30days/month. Its probably half of your monthly electric bill have the unit idle. This number adds up if you have multiple outdoor unit.
Now that you mention the potential problem. I am thinking to have a separate one to one unit for the living room which is open to kitchen and dining room area. The 4-1 unit for the bedroom. In the even the multi-split unit fails, I can still have one unit working.
Honestly, troubleshooting these unit is just very difficult compare to the central AC. Sometime it just cheap and fast to replace the unit than troubleshooting and replacing multiple parts. There is pro and con between the two. I am just going with mini split since that's what I know how to do it.
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