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Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Originally Posted by Tiffer E38
Why? ... it's been running flawlessly (and cheaply) since 2007.
I mean, without power, even pour main house propane heat won't work. Luckily, we've not lost power, even in hurricanes, in the 15 years we've lived here.
1) you don't live in Maine (mtns / remote rural, where 5 - 10 days w/o power might be the norm)
2) you are lucky. I too have not had a problem with my own unit (Have been using them in Asia for many yrs). I have 3 rentals with mini splits and renters have BIG problems with them (and current quality can be poor (renters and heaters)). My most recent units have NO manual controls... the remote or the IR board goes bad and you are cold (motel / frozen pipes, thawed freezer) or hot, (bearable),
My most recent renter / mini split snafu was 13 days w/o heat while we waited for a $3 part.
There are many alternative heating options for backup. My propane works terrific, and can use a sim[ple invertor to run the fan if you consider that to be necessary for comfort.
YMMV, so do what you feel comfortable. OP has a wood stove... that is fine with me, does it suit you?
I have 3 rentals with mini splits and renters have BIG problems with them (and current quality can be poor (renters and heaters)). My most recent units have NO manual controls... the remote or the IR board goes bad and you are cold (motel / frozen pipes, thawed freezer) or hot, (bearable),
My most recent renter / mini split snafu was 13 days w/o heat while we waited for a $3 part.
What brand(s) are you using? Do you thing it is an isolated issue, or a bigger brand issue with quality or similar?
For heat there's always a wood stove (we have one also) but I am personally without both water and hot water in a power outage until I get a 240v generator. Any thoughts on how you will handle that?
I wouldn't run the mini-split on it... Not sure if it's OK to run the heat pump hot water heater on that, either. It might not be good for the compressor. I could run the hot water heater in resistance mode, I guess. House is already wired to take a whole house generator manually.
My plan is to have some sort of generator at some point. In a perfect world, I will have it setup in my garage. That means I need to have a garage first.
A generator for us would only provide the essentials, so no hot water, but water if we need it to run a pump. There is a strong chance that our property may not need a pump at all times do to its topography.
Those propane units look interesting. I have yet to do any research on generators. I wonder how they compare to diesel and/or gas one?
My plan is to have some sort of generator at some point. In a perfect world, I will have it setup in my garage. That means I need to have a garage first.
A generator for us would only provide the essentials, so no hot water, but water if we need it to run a pump. There is a strong chance that our property may not need a pump at all times do to its topography.
Those propane units look interesting. I have yet to do any research on generators. I wonder how they compare to diesel and/or gas one?
You can get a decent gas/propane generator for not too much. The advantage to propane is the fuel will never go bad.
If you already have a propane tank then you already have a decent amount of fuel sitting around that will not go bad - no gas cans to deal with and no refilling a generator every X hours.
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