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[dauerwerbesendung]

The best part was the last line "I recommend you leave" absolutely killed me. You're 100% right. 😎

[jasonhensley]

Laughed out loud at "If you live in a dark, cold, cloudy place, I recommend you leave:) Love this guy-

[naturecoastprepping]

I started my HVAC company 12 years ago and this is the first time I've seen this unit. LOVE IT. I'm going to put one on my cabin this spring.

[affordabledesertliving]

"if you live in a cold area I recommend you leave"... Priceless. Way to go Will. I live in SE Arizona. Love our hot summers.

[jkfeatherranch]

Installing these are definitely super easy after you buy the tools. It's definitely cheaper and doable to do it yourself. We have installed 10 units already across our house and my parents house. They are so efficient. We went from spending over $100 each month extra in the winter just to keep our house at a very uncomfortable 65 and $150 to keep it at 70. After insulating the walls and installing the mini splits it's costing us $40 a month to keep the house at a much more comfortable 74.

[cbrottler]

LMAO, the recommendation for folks who lives is a dark, cold, cloudy place at the end is 💯

[ThisOffGridLife]

It may be dark here in the winter, but at least we have plenty of water! We have been viewer's long before you bought your home, thank you for being my digital solar guru. Keep on killing it Will.

[NorCal-refrigeration]

Mini spits running on grid power like surge protection. My #1 repair on mini splits is dead inverter boards. 12, 000 btu unit is good for 550 square feet. A 24, 000 btu jumps to 1, 400 square feet. Great videos Will.

[ET_Videos]

"I recommend you and I love it!! Great video as usual 👍

[BattleChemist]

OUCH!... Hitting me right in the heart living in the PNW with that last bit.

Admittedly, if I lived on the East side of the Cascades versus the West side, it would be much sunnier, heh.

Thanks for the quality info. That DC-direct mode for the compressor is a huge deal!

[clarencewiles]

EG4 has been doing great they have new equipment coming out all the time. And they replied to me relatively quickly. I was doing my research on cost and sizes. Then you come along with real data and explain the how. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[timothybond]

I live in Michigan.
I really appreciate you and your info.
I will never live in a desert, I like water and the life it gives.
It is very important to share your knowledge that will help your bros in the (dark / cloudy areas ) of this awesome country. Much Respect... Bondo

[Bobotrucker]

Bought the 12k eg4 mini split and installed it here in Michigan about a month ago with 800 watts of solar.. It does indeed work and is pretty impressive how much heat it puts out! It keeps my pellet stove off in my 1500 sq/ft house for most of the time and uses about 800 watts maximum on AC power (many times I will observe it's using less) If there is sun it will run 100 percent on solar as Will has stated or some solar and some ac! Totally satisfied with this unit..

[trustbuster]

What a great idea. I love the idea of no losses to the battery/inverter, etc. for one of the biggest energy loads in the house. It also means if you aren't ready to invest a small fortune in a full off-grid system with batteries, inverters etc. you can still shift a lot of your electricity demand off the grid.

[shaybee]

Excellent review, I've been waiting for someone to do a review on them. I purchased 4 of these (120V version) just before Thanksgiving and I am just now starting to install them to cool my 2, 400 sqft central FL home. My biggest electric drain here is the 5 ton central a/c, with that eliminated that's half of my monthly electric bill which in summer hovers around $450. I'll be risking it and doing it myself because the HVAC ppl I have contacted want a ridiculous amount of money to install them and it's really not that hard. Hardest part is drilling the hole. Thanks for reviewing this product Mr Prowse!

[jmdelapp]

8:02 Solar works fine in dark cold cloudy places. You just need more solar modules. And when you are talking about heating and cooling, you do not need to store electricity in batteries, you can store the thermal energy in concrete, water, stone, etc.

[regenerativelifewayne]

Awesome, just what I need for my future offgrid journey thanks Will Prowse is the GOAT of all things solar !

[tylerfoss]

Will Prouse, thank you for THE BEST video so far out of all your consistently excellent videos. BRAVO, sir! BRAVO!!!

[GavinStoneDIY]

“If you live in a dark, rainy and cloudy area, I recommend you leave”. Lol. Man that’s so true though. A couple days of rain and I’m always feeling down and restless. I can’t imagine living somewhere where it rains constantly. I love the sunshine, even more so since installed my system.

[ljprep]

"If you live in a dark, cloudy, cold place, I recommend you leave."
Scintillating wisdom, Will Prowse! SAD+ affects a lot of people.
Fun (sad?) fact: 80% of Americans live within 50 miles of the place they were born.
(I'm one of the 20%ers, tyvm.)