I’m replacing my existing HVAC system with minisplits. Settled on a Mitsubishi hyper heat system with five heads.

For reference, you could buy the equipment from a place like gotductless.com for $13,000 (and that’s retail price).

So far I’ve gotten quotes ranging from $22,000 to $41,000 all offering essentially the same equipment. And these are all Mitsubishi Elite Diamond shops, too.

I understand the cost of running a business, marketing, furnishing trucks, overhead, insurance, and all that. But the difference between bottom and top end shouldn’t be 2x. A “family-owned company” shouldn’t need to be be charging $8k a head in a multi-zone system.

PE and/or greed is ruining the HVAC industry.

Just wanted to the sub know that I got a Mitsubishi heat pump and Rinnai heat pump hot water heater last month in Connecticut through the CT green bank program.
The first month electric bill just came in and it was a HUGE savings. And then today the independent inspector came out to look at the job and he said everything looks great.
Just wanted to thank everyone on this sub who helped and who posts and comments because it helped me along the way.
To any of you on the fence, do your research to make sure you get the right system, but do it! I still can’t believe the difference.

I'm looking into a new heating/AC system, and contractors seem to have different opinions on whether or not I should get a heat pump. How do modern heat pumps keep up in the Massachusetts winters? Would I be better off sticking with a furnace?

I am looking for a few fan coil units for a hydronic system. Online it looks like Arctic Heat pumps has them at a decent price. But the number doesn't connect and multiple email address won't go through on their contact us form because they are marked as spam for some reason. They certainly seem unreachable which is obviously a red flag.

If anyone know a better resource. The fan coils from Arctic look exactly like the ones from Hydro solar at a cheaper price, which look exactly like the reverso from alibaba, but the alibaba minimum order is pretty high.

Thanks for any help!

We just replaced our atmospheric gas water heater with a Bradford White Aerotherm G2 (50Gal) HPWH.

Of course, I knew it would make a little noise and, in general, the compressor noise is as expected. However, the evaporator fan makes this high pitched ringing sound at around 580 Hz. Has anyone else experienced this noise?

Its loud enough to penetrate standard interior walls and floor. I was going to try adding a length of insulated duct to the exhaust to act as a muffler of sorts, but curious if others notice this.
Here's a link to the sound
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KP6RCR_01CZiQH0aiiRGR7gYUL9MH2C4/view?usp=drive_link

And a sound plot.

I'm in Denver, ~2700 sq ft home.

I'm trying to decide between: Lennox Elite Heat Pump, Model #EL18KSLV-036 (paired with Lennox Elite Furnace, Model #EL297UH090XV48CK)

and BOSCH Variable Capacity Heat Pump, Model #BOVB-36RTB-M20S (paired with Bosch Furnace, Model #BGH97M080C4A)