Exploring the Different Mount Options for a Mini Split Unit
Are you looking to hit the open road or have an opportunity to work from anywhere from your RV? If so, you may want to consider your heating and cooling options before you pull out of your driveway. Many times, road warriors get so excited about the adventure ahead that they don't consider important things like air conditioning, heating, and air quality. Whether you're on the road or parked at camp, you will probably spend a reasonable amount of time inside your RV. Having a comfortable indoor environment within your RV will help make the long trips and nights in the RV more endurable and enjoyable.
HVAC systems help you control your indoor climate by providing a structure that circulates cold or hot air. One of the best HVAC systems for light commercial vehicles is the mini split unit. These units offer plenty of flexibility in installation because they don't require ductwork to function. This means you don't have to make room for ductways within your RV or home for the mini split to work.
Mini split units consist of outdoor and indoor components that help you control the environmental conditions within your space. These HVAC systems come in various forms and mounting options to explore. The range of mount options for a mini split gives you further versatility in the placement, allowing you to work alongside your home's design features and make installing a mini split AC for your RV an excellent HVAC system selection. Find the best place to put your new HVAC system by exploring the different mount options for a mini split below.
Wall-Mounted Mini Split
A wall offers lots of room to house an HVAC system, making it a popular mount option. Their high popularity makes them a more affordable and more readily available mini split selection than other types of mounts. Most wall-mounted mini splits get installed on the higher end of a wall, sitting well out of the way with maximum room coverage. Most people with a wall-mounted mini split in their RV embed their units along with cabinets that line their walls.
Although wall-mounted mini splits provide a lot of placement flexibility, there are still some placement points to consider:
- Keep in mind the mini split's temperature-reading aspect. To get the most out of your wall-mounted unit, you will want to place it on walls that avoid direct sunlight and are further away from other heat sources.
- Choose sturdier walls. Most wall-mounted mini splits aren’t considerably heavy, but a sturdier wall choice will hold up better.
- Check the height of your wall. Again, most wall-mounted units tend to sit on the higher end of the wall or at least six feet up the wall in a home.
- Consider your wall space. Wall-mounted units need to sit horizontally, so make sure you have enough wall space for the horizontal length of the HVAC system.
Ceiling-Mounted Mini Split
Ceiling-mounted or ceiling cassette mini splits provide numerous benefits. This mount placement maximizes spaces, offers discrete appearances, and comes with a little more customization. Similar to their wall-mounted counterparts, ceiling-mounted units tend to be a more popular mount option, although they tend to be a little more expensive.
The higher elevation of ceiling-mounted mini splits makes them a more aesthetically-pleasing selection as they blend into your ceiling. Their high elevation helps them maximize your space as they don't take up any space within your room. Ceiling-mounted mini splits also maximize space with their high vantage points, allowing them to oversee and reach more parts of your space.
Compact ceiling cassette mini splits can be an ideal choice for your RV, as they make the most of your space. Ceiling-mounted units further offer customizable options because they come with four different vents you can individually direct. Another ceiling-mounted option is a ceiling concealed duct mini split. As the name suggests, ceiling concealed duct mini splits hide into the ceiling within a duct case. These stay hidden better than other general mini splits that sit above ceilings and walls.
Floor-Mounted Mini Split
If your space features smaller rooms, high windows, low ceilings, or slanted ceilings, you might benefit from a floor mount. In spite of the name, floor-mounted mini splits don't actually sit on the floor. Floor-mounted units rest at the bottom of a wall near the ground. The floor-mounted mini split's close proximity to people makes the indoor component's cooling and heating effects more noticeable.
One of the best benefits of a floor-mounted unit is its easier installation and maintenance. When it’s time to perform repairs, the ground-level placement makes the unit a lot easier to access than a wall-mounted or ceiling-mounted mini split. As you choose a location to place the floor-mounted mini split, make sure to consider the unit's adjacency to furniture. Since they rest near the floor, floor-mounted mini splits will take up room space and have to work around furniture placements. It will produce the best results if there are no objects blocking or in front of the HVAC system. To conceal floor-mounted mini splits without hindering its quality of service, you can try to blend the unit with a built-in structure or alongside items like counters that are already jutting out into the space.
A good tip to note is that the outdoor feature of a mini split, known as the condenser, typically weighs between 80 and 250 pounds. The condenser's larger weight adds limitations to its placement locations. For a successful mini split installation, you should try to install your outdoor unit on sturdier grounds or walls outside of your space. However, you can mount its indoor component on walls, floors, and ceilings.
Exploring the different mount options for a mini split gives you options when it comes to reaping benefits such as better air quality, sound reduction, easy installation, and flexibility. The different mount options you have to choose from add another considerable benefit to this HVAC system. With its mount variability, the mini split can provide its top-notch services not only to RVs but also to a diverse range of houses, offices, and light commercial vehicles.
