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Minisplit heat pump condenser in the attic?

[email protected] | Posted in General Questions on January 20, 2014 01:04am

Can I put the condenser in the attic?

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Martin Holladay | Jan 20, 2014 06:20am | #1
Anthony,

No. To learn why, see Does a Heat Pump Condenser Need to Go Outdoors?
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Dana Dorsett | Jan 20, 2014 11:34am | #2
I dunno- if your house is normal sized, and your attic has the same volume as the Houston AstroDome you'd be fine during the heating season!

But would still take an efficiency hit during the cooling season due the solar gain of that huge domed roof. ;-)

Bottom line, air source heat pumps need access to copious quantities of their source- the outdoor air.

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