You may still need professional help—like an electrician, not a therapist to give you advice when you’re wondering what you’re thinking about when you take on the job—but it can lower your bills by thousands of dollars.
At The Oregonian, it’s photographer Dave Killen. Here’s how he installed the MRCOOL heat pump. Yes, that’s his new nickname.
Killen, who lives with his partner and two dogs in a two-story, 2,300-square-foot home built in 1939 in Portland, bought a $4,300 ducted heat pump kit online and also paid an additional $1,600 or so for new electrical panels. . thermostats, electrical wiring, concrete and other necessary items.
He does almost all the work himself, from pouring concrete pads for a compressor near his house, to crawling underground in a mask to lay cables, to upgrading the house’s electrical panels (he gets them from licensed people). help) electrician for this part of the project).
Aside from a small amount of refrigerant leaking due to poor soldering out of the box, he quickly fixed the problem and everything turned out to be in order. He turned on the heat pump in May, testing its cooling capacity, when the temperature rose to 90 degrees. judgment?
“The cooling works well, at least on the bottom layer,” he said. “I know it will be less efficient upstairs, which is good because we don’t spend as much time upstairs.”
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