7 Reasons Why You Should Install a Ductless Mini Split
Are you looking for an innovative way to heat and cool your Ohio home, especially those challenging spaces?
Look no further than the remarkable high-efficiency ductless mini split system, perfect for homeowners seeking superior comfort and significant energy savings.
At Carrier Ohio, we know these systems are transforming how Northeast and Central Ohio residents experience indoor climate control. We offer a network of Carrier Factory Authorized Dealers with expertise in all heating and cooling systems, including ductless ones.
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Mini Splits Are Game-Changers
Ductless mini splits provide the same comfort you expect from conventional HVAC without requiring extensive duct installations.
They can heat and cool your entire home, select rooms, or detached structures in your backyard. How can you benefit? Let’s take a closer look.
Ductless Mini Split Benefits
One of the most compelling reasons to consider a ductless mini split is its unparalleled flexibility. Here are a few reasons why you might benefit from a ductless system:
- No Ductwork: If your Ohio home relies on window AC units, electric baseboard heaters, or radiators, a ductless mini split is a modern, energy-efficient, and aesthetically pleasing alternative. Say goodbye to inefficient and clunky old systems!
- Home Additions: Are you expanding your living space with a new master suite, sunroom, or family room? Tying into existing ductwork can be expensive, complicated, and sometimes impossible because of the addition’s location and the added load on your HVAC unit. A ductless system provides independent heating and cooling for your new space without overtaxing your existing HVAC system.
- Problem Rooms: Does a room in your home always feel too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter despite your central system running full blast? A mini split can perfectly supplement your central HVAC, delivering targeted comfort to those notoriously uncomfortable zones.
- Detached Structures: For converted garages, backyard offices, art studios, or tiny guest houses, a mini split is the ultimate solution for year-round comfort. It eliminates the need for inefficient space heaters or noisy window air conditioners, making these auxiliary spaces truly usable and enjoyable.
- Non-Invasive: Extending and installing ductwork can require substantial changes to your home’s structure, including air vent openings in your walls. Mini splits rely on indoor air handling units for air distribution. The units are mounted on interior walls and obscure a small hole for the power cord, refrigerant line, and condensate drain connections.
- Quiet: Mini splits are whisper quiet compared to conventional systems such as gas furnaces stationed inside your home. Mini split condenser/compressor units remain outdoors, and the air handling units operate indoors.
- Zoning: Mini splits create independent heating and cooling zones in your home. Each indoor air handling unit has a thermostat, allowing you to customize temperatures from zone to zone. Imagine keeping bedrooms cooler for sleeping, maintaining a warmer temperature in the living room, and even reducing the temperature in rarely used guest rooms. This personalized comfort enhances your daily living and significantly reduces wasted energy.
How Do Mini Splits Work?
At its core, a ductless mini split operates much like a highly efficient heat pump without bulky ductwork. It consists of two main components:
- Indoor Air Handler: This sleek, wall-mounted unit quietly delivers conditioned air directly into your room. Each indoor unit has a thermostat, giving you precise control over the temperature in that specific zone.
- Outdoor Compressor/Condenser Unit: This compact unit, similar to a box fan, houses the system’s core components. It is much smaller than the outdoor unit of a traditional ducted heat pump.
A power cord, refrigerant line, and condensate drain connect the two units.
Unmatched Energy Efficiency
Ductless mini splits are champions of energy efficiency because they move heat rather than generate it. In the colder Ohio months, they extract warmth from the outdoor air and transfer it inside. When summer arrives, the process reverses, pulling heat from your home and releasing it outside, keeping you cool.
This heat transfer method is significantly more efficient than systems that rely on burning fuel or resistive electric heating.
A key factor in their efficiency is the elimination of duct loss. Traditional ducted systems can lose a significant amount of conditioned air—from 20 to 30 percent, according to ENERGY STAR®—through leaks and uninsulated ducts.
Mini splits deliver air directly to indoor spaces, ensuring nearly all the conditioned air reaches its destination.
Inverter technology also boosts energy efficiency in mini splits. This technology allows the compressor to adjust its speed to precisely meet your heating and cooling demands rather than constantly cycling on and off.
This variable-speed operation produces higher Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio 2 (SEER2) ratings, indicating superior cooling efficiency. While ducted heat pumps typically range from 15.2 to 25 SEER2, mini-splits can achieve impressive ratings from 15.2 to 35, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Go Ductless with Carrier Ohio
Are you ready to experience the superior comfort, energy savings, and versatility of a high-efficiency, ductless mini split system? Our Carrier Ohio network of Carrier Factory Authorized Dealers can help you find a local expert specializing in ductless system design and installation. Contact one of our Carrier dealers today to learn how a Carrier high-efficiency ductless mini split can transform your living space!