Nice! Thank you for posting this. I just installed a 4 ton ACiQ system (no heat strip) in May all by myself. So far the AC has worked flawlessly over the crazy summer heat. We will see what happens in the winter! I'm planning on building a small shelter/roof over the putside unit to protect it from snow.
These are incredible. Manufacturered by Midea and rebranded under many different names. I do advise adding the heat strips as a secondary source, even though you don’t “need” it. If there is ever a malfunction of the outdoor unit, as great as it is, you will be able to provide at least some heat until it is rectified
Man, your new system is doing really well. I’m surprised you could move the outside unit up 6” with the line sets connected. Guess you have enough extra where it wasn’t an issue.
I was concerned about the line set when lifting it, I called the technician that installed it, and he said there's enough line and its flexible enough, so not to worry, hardest part was to lift it alone in the snow haha
I'm in Colorado so they put my outdoor unit up higher (14") and on a very wide (front to back) stand. The width makes it look more stable. I've seen others attached to the house. The support is maybe not necessary but seems like a good idea. Watch a big road sign in high winds and imagine it's your heat pump.
Glad they put it up high at least! You could put a wind baffle, like a slated fence or something, in front of it; the manual does mention to do so if its exposed to high winds.
Loving it so far! I wish I had the Ecobee with my old system last winter so I could have compared the data. I'm going to least compare the summer data.
I've been very impressed with ours so far, heating in 10F, and ice cold in the summer. Its been a huge upgrade from our old R22 system. Just remember to install a surge protector, and have it raised at least 6". I mention these in my 3 common mistakes update.
I’m also planning on installing, do you know why some of the inverter heat pumps with side discharge have two fans on the condenser? Also is Maintenance the same as tradition single stage heat pumps?
@@andygomez9025 Seems like with ACiQ, anything over 2 TONS has 2 fans, and twin rotary compressors inside to support the required BTUs, but I honestly don't know the exact reason other than the obvious BTU size of them. Regarding maintenance I'm not aware of any special maintenance. The user manuals are posted on the ACiQ website though, so you could take a look at those 1st. aciq.com/
Here in NY I have my goodman lifted over a foot. My brother had risers for heat pumps. Can also go with a wall mount system but that 4 ton is huge. How are the energy costs? Have similar goodman as the old one you had, same issue. 20 and colder and aux heat constantly. Has it gotten colder than 11? Lived in NOVA for years and it didnt get that cold often, up here that is everyday in january.
It dropped to 9F over night a couple times during the polar vortex this winter, but I don't think much colder. The past week its been in the low 20s each night. House always stays warm, and the HVAC doesn't run long times like before. As for energy costs its tough to say, because last winter was more mild, and we hooked up a hot tub same time we replaced the heat pump, so not the best scientific test because the hot tub adding to costs, and we have a new baby this year, and my wife does laundry all day long it seems, so the drier is really adding to our bill. In theory the Heat Pump is more efficient, and runs a whole lot less than the old one did though! Also worth noting, the heat strip (aux heat) for these are only like $350 extra, so you could always add one of those if you go this route and concerned it might not be sufficient. Snow cap arrived this week, I'll be installing that this wknd and provide a quick update with it too.
I just ordered the 3 ton version of this unit. We're down in coastal Alabama. Mild winters but brutal summers with 95+ humidity and equals the temperature. Basically, go outside and instant sweating. Thanks for the review.
@@tarustrader blows ice cold for us when it's hot outside. Should work great in Alabama, just be sure to install a surge protector for the outside unit too!
@@richiefekecsYou can download data from your ecobee thermostat for how long it runs in stage 1 or stage 2 and add that up. Then figure out how much power each stage uses, maybe from a spec sheet. It probably varies because modern heat pumps can vary everything, but it might give you an idea. Heat strips usually say directly how many kWh they use.
David, Thanks for this tip! I started to download and dig into the Ecobee data, never knew I could access so much data from the website portal. Man I wish I had the Ecobee installed last winter to compare the usage! It actually hardly went into stage 2, even when it was in the teens!
@@jcbxcalibr I went with the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium with Smart Sensor and love it, mainly because of the smart sensor that I put in our bedroom on the second floor which keeps our bedroom cooler in the summer. With that ecobee it's 2 stage cool and 2 stage heat.
Someone commented on here that I could log into my Ecobee account and pull the data on how long each stage ran, I got all excited and dived into the data, but then I hit a massive disappointment, I didn't install the Ecobee until May 2023, so I had no data with the old system during the prior winter, So sadly I have no baseline to compare to. I did however grab all the summer data from my old HVAC system, so we can compare to the ACiQ this summer. I know it’s not as exciting, as comparing hyper heat to Aux heat, but it’s all I got. I did pull how long stage 1 ran vs stage two during our coldest month, Jan. 75% of the time the heat was on it was only in stage 1, and stage 2 only ran 25% of the time. I wish I had the data from my old system with aux heat…
We stated using these about a year ago for all our rentals, the heat pumps and mini splits. We've been extremely impressed so far
We've been very pleased and impressed as well, for both heating, cooling and so much quieter. Glad you are having a great experience too!
Nice! Thank you for posting this.
I just installed a 4 ton ACiQ system (no heat strip) in May all by myself. So far the AC has worked flawlessly over the crazy summer heat. We will see what happens in the winter! I'm planning on building a small shelter/roof over the putside unit to protect it from snow.
@@crxtodd16 good job!!
These are incredible. Manufacturered by Midea and rebranded under many different names. I do advise adding the heat strips as a secondary source, even though you don’t “need” it. If there is ever a malfunction of the outdoor unit, as great as it is, you will be able to provide at least some heat until it is rectified
True, probably good to have the heat stripe as a backup in an emergency
Man, your new system is doing really well. I’m surprised you could move the outside unit up 6” with the line sets connected. Guess you have enough extra where it wasn’t an issue.
I was concerned about the line set when lifting it, I called the technician that installed it, and he said there's enough line and its flexible enough, so not to worry, hardest part was to lift it alone in the snow haha
In Massachusetts we have to be 12 inches off the ground we use a stand and a pad
I'm in Colorado so they put my outdoor unit up higher (14") and on a very wide (front to back) stand. The width makes it look more stable. I've seen others attached to the house. The support is maybe not necessary but seems like a good idea. Watch a big road sign in high winds and imagine it's your heat pump.
Glad they put it up high at least! You could put a wind baffle, like a slated fence or something, in front of it; the manual does mention to do so if its exposed to high winds.
I hear those unit do well
Loving it so far! I wish I had the Ecobee with my old system last winter so I could have compared the data. I'm going to least compare the summer data.
I am planning on installing one, do you highly recommend it?
I've been very impressed with ours so far, heating in 10F, and ice cold in the summer. Its been a huge upgrade from our old R22 system. Just remember to install a surge protector, and have it raised at least 6". I mention these in my 3 common mistakes update.
I’m also planning on installing, do you know why some of the inverter heat pumps with side discharge have two fans on the condenser? Also is Maintenance the same as tradition single stage heat pumps?
@@andygomez9025 Seems like with ACiQ, anything over 2 TONS has 2 fans, and twin rotary compressors inside to support the required BTUs, but I honestly don't know the exact reason other than the obvious BTU size of them. Regarding maintenance I'm not aware of any special maintenance. The user manuals are posted on the ACiQ website though, so you could take a look at those 1st. aciq.com/
@@richiefekecsgreat to hear. I’m looking to replace my R22 system as well with it.
Here in NY I have my goodman lifted over a foot. My brother had risers for heat pumps. Can also go with a wall mount system but that 4 ton is huge.
How are the energy costs? Have similar goodman as the old one you had, same issue. 20 and colder and aux heat constantly. Has it gotten colder than 11? Lived in NOVA for years and it didnt get that cold often, up here that is everyday in january.
It dropped to 9F over night a couple times during the polar vortex this winter, but I don't think much colder. The past week its been in the low 20s each night. House always stays warm, and the HVAC doesn't run long times like before. As for energy costs its tough to say, because last winter was more mild, and we hooked up a hot tub same time we replaced the heat pump, so not the best scientific test because the hot tub adding to costs, and we have a new baby this year, and my wife does laundry all day long it seems, so the drier is really adding to our bill. In theory the Heat Pump is more efficient, and runs a whole lot less than the old one did though! Also worth noting, the heat strip (aux heat) for these are only like $350 extra, so you could always add one of those if you go this route and concerned it might not be sufficient. Snow cap arrived this week, I'll be installing that this wknd and provide a quick update with it too.
I just ordered the 3 ton version of this unit. We're down in coastal Alabama. Mild winters but brutal summers with 95+ humidity and equals the temperature. Basically, go outside and instant sweating. Thanks for the review.
@@tarustrader blows ice cold for us when it's hot outside. Should work great in Alabama, just be sure to install a surge protector for the outside unit too!
@@richiefekecsYou can download data from your ecobee thermostat for how long it runs in stage 1 or stage 2 and add that up. Then figure out how much power each stage uses, maybe from a spec sheet. It probably varies because modern heat pumps can vary everything, but it might give you an idea. Heat strips usually say directly how many kWh they use.
David, Thanks for this tip! I started to download and dig into the Ecobee data, never knew I could access so much data from the website portal. Man I wish I had the Ecobee installed last winter to compare the usage! It actually hardly went into stage 2, even when it was in the teens!
What thermostat / app did you end up going with? Do you like it?
@@jcbxcalibr I went with the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium with Smart Sensor and love it, mainly because of the smart sensor that I put in our bedroom on the second floor which keeps our bedroom cooler in the summer. With that ecobee it's 2 stage cool and 2 stage heat.
Hi, I live in northern VA and gas is cheap here. Do you see in savings over gas with high tier heat pump like yours?
@@amitramitra123 I don't have gas in our current house, so I'm unable to compare.
What does ecobee say about savings?
Someone commented on here that I could log into my Ecobee account and pull the data on how long each stage ran, I got all excited and dived into the data, but then I hit a massive disappointment, I didn't install the Ecobee until May 2023, so I had no data with the old system during the prior winter, So sadly I have no baseline to compare to. I did however grab all the summer data from my old HVAC system, so we can compare to the ACiQ this summer. I know it’s not as exciting, as comparing hyper heat to Aux heat, but it’s all I got. I did pull how long stage 1 ran vs stage two during our coldest month, Jan. 75% of the time the heat was on it was only in stage 1, and stage 2 only ran 25% of the time. I wish I had the data from my old system with aux heat…
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