After receiving a comment on a video we launched recently about sacrificing comfort for efficiency, Joshua Griffin decided to do this video to debunk that myth. In this video, Joshua shows that HVAC systems can save you money and make you MORE comfortable! High SEER HVAC systems with communicating inverter technology can add more comfort and save you money on electric bills at the same time. Joshua shares why that is and debunks this crazy myth!
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Chapters
0:00 Intro: Misinformation on inverter systems
0:29 HVAC pros avoiding new technologies
1:38 No politics here
2:15 Ignorant comment
2:44 Efficiency over comfort myth
4:37 Communicating inverter systems
5:25 Myth Debunked
5:58 Outro: Changing Times in HVAC
#hvac #efficiency #comfort
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Chapters
0:00 Intro: Misinformation on inverter systems
0:29 HVAC pros avoiding new technologies
1:38 No politics here
2:15 Ignorant comment
2:44 Efficiency over comfort myth
4:37 Communicating inverter systems
5:25 Myth Debunked
5:58 Outro: Changing Times in HVAC
#hvac #efficiency #comfort
Hey guys, I did a video the other day where I was talking about inverter heating and air systems and how reliable they are and how they are the future and I received a comment on that video. It's a little bit of a misnomer or really it's just ignorance from some of the people that are out there. They're either misinformed themselves or they're being told other people misinformation. And I thought I would do this video debunking this huge myth surrounding inverter heating and air systems.
A lot of heating and air guys out there that don't want to change with the times come up with a lot of excuses on why they don't want to install these higher sear systems. Some of those myths I can't debunk because a lot of times they're just opinions. but when the myths have been in the past, things like they're not as reliable, we've debunked that myth and some of our other videos or they'll say things like they're more expensive to fix. We've debunked that in other videos talking about the extended warranties that allow.
Lot of these systems are coming with some of the systems including we sell Daikin at Griffin Air and a lot of their systems come with an actual unit replacement warranty so if something were to majorly fail, they would give you an entirely new unit. And so this latest myth if you will, this latest opinion with these higher sear systems that like it or not, they are the future, the rest of the world has already gone that way. Of course, in America we like our gas guzzling cars and our ducted air conditioners foreign. I Do want to say before I Go any further.
this is not a political statement I Don't really even care where you stand politically on this stuff I Just want to give the information that a lot of folks don't want to get out there. I Try to inform homeowners when they're buying heating and air systems of things that are coming or things that are misinformation, wrong opinions, and things like that in our industry. So this is not a political statement. This isn't me trying to push an agenda.
If I were to make it a political statement, it would probably be how most politicians are evil anyway, how both sides suck. So I won't get into politics. So this comment on the video the other day. this myth.
This misomer. this political statement was basically somebody that said the day that I sacrifice being comfortable over quote climate change unquote nonsense will be the day that I'm six feet under. What he basically said is before he installs a higher Sear your inverter more efficient system in his home. He won't sacrifice comfort for that.
And that is the myth here. To have a more efficient system, you have to be less comfortable is completely false and I'll tell you why. If you were to compare an inverter communicating system, say the dike and fit for example to a single stage. very inefficient heat pump system that's drawing electricity every time.
that system kicks on and off. Imagine the system being like a light switch where there's either on or off. there's constant spikes and energy, and that system is turning on and off throughout the day. And the system turns on. When your home has gotten kind of hot, it's reached the top of that temperature range of whatever temperature you have it set at on your thermostat. The system turns on. You have that spike in energy. It drops the temperature in the room below your set point on your thermostat, and then turns off.
So through throughout the day, you're constantly having this swing in temperature. Did you touch your touch thermostat? Did you turn it up? Well, of course, not a lot of thermostats. I Can't say all, but most thermostats, there's going to be a degree and a half of temperature swing throughout the day. So if you have it set at 72, it's going to raise up to 73..
Turn on. Drop it down to 71.5 Turn back off, and you constantly have this temperature swing throughout the day. A lot of folks don't realize it because your thermostat does not reflect that. So if you have it set at 72, it's not going to show you that it's going up to 73 and back down to 71.5 It's just going to say 72 and keep that temperature throughout the day, turning on and off.
Years ago, there were thermostats that would show you it would jump up to 73 and then turn on and drop back down to 72 and we actually used to get service calls on that. but most digital thermostats today they're not going to show you that constant shift. And so the difference is a communicating inverter system is not going to do any of that. It's going to figure out what speed it needs to run that system at to keep temperature and keep you comfortable throughout the day.
There is no swing in temperature. You actually would be more comfortable with an inverter system, Not less comfortable would it make you more comfortable? The other thing I would argue is these inverter systems because they're designed spikes up and down. We'll figure out what will speed they need to run at Keep Your Home comfortable and keep the system running longer and remove more humidity from that space. There are parts of the country that that humidity control alone is going to make you more comfortable.
So this myth to think oh, I'm going to be more comfortable if I have a less efficient system is just simply not true. You might be able to make that argument with other Industries out there. You might say I don't want to have a better gas mileage car because I want to have when I push the gas it goes faster or other parts of the heating and air industry where folks will even make the argument I feel warmer when it's a fossil fuel being burned versus electrical. That's not what we're talking about here.
Just to Simply Say that to go with an inverter system, you're going to be less comfortable is simply not true. So I want to do a video on that? I Hope that helps. If you're in the market for a heating and air system and you're shopping around foreign, you've got some heating and air guy some professional that doesn't want to get with the times. Good Lord Janice I Will tell you as time goes on, they are eventually going to have to get with the times eventually. here in America They won't have a choice like it or not. Whether you think it's political or whatever, systems are going to get more and more efficient and they're going to draw less energy and they're going to be in a lot of cases, inverter systems making you like it or not more comfortable. Let me know your thoughts down in the comments: Below Have you had a pro or someone else try to tell you that these systems are going to be less comfortable or some other opinion that makes you think ill of these systems I Would love to hear about that. Please comment down below: Smash that like button that always helps us out.
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The whole system was built on evil doers. “THE MONEY MASTERS” good documentary on YouTube. Look up Deborah Tavares and agenda 21- love her channel on YouTube! Yes! As long as it’s clean and reliable for many years, with saving on your monthly power bill 🙌🏼🙌🏼 electric cars for 2024 so buy your gas cars now. Electric cars the batteries do not last and the cost and toxicity of those batteries out weighs it being clean. Service area Barrhaven??
I have question for anyone out there I have my drain line off
My air handler which is in my the attic draining outside doI need to worry about bugs crawling up that pipe? Do I need to put screen over it or something?
Thanks
I have gas now and seriously considering mini split. Is there any benefit to having a "setback" thermostat or changing the temperature when I'm at work for 10 hours or asleep? Is there a net benefit for the electric bill or do you think it's too hard on these new systems to do that?
"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." —Pablo Picasso Service area Kanata??
Just ordered a 12k Mitsubishi Hyper Heat for a DIY install. Why DIY? Cause I couldn’t get a call back from any Diamond installers near me. I could get call backs from SOME of the guys operating out of their trucks wanting $5k to install a rebaged Midea on a simple assed location.
Bought the tools and I know how to use YouTube. And Mitsubishi’s tech and troubleshooting info is not gate kept.
Please give me your opinion on the Daikin Skyair!!!
We picked this ducted system over the Bosch IDS (based mainly on installers). In NJ so far the heat pump is costing us less to run this winter than my parents’ gas boiler with similar sq ft.
Any time new technology comes along, there are always old timers who don’t care for it. I’ve said it before but when my Dad was looking to replace a 1970s era furnace about 10 years ago, he had a guy claiming the 90% condensing furnaces are terribly unreliable and to stick with the minimum efficiency. A decade later, he hasn’t had any issues with the 90% furnace. Neither have I on my house.
had a heat pump installed did not work out as planned basically using back up furnace heat (luckily they comp'd that) as my main source.
One way in which a heat pump provides less comfort than a furnace is that a heat pump has to defrost itself. In my case, my unit defrosts A LOT. It was raining today (40F) and my unit had to defrost. Everytime it defrosts it stops producing heat and the house gets cold. That's a pretty hefty detail. My indoor temp drops 8F during cold spells and there's nothing I can do about.
Really confused. We have a Daikin SkyAir inverter heat pump, and it does exactly what you said it shouldn't be doing! The setpoint is 66. It turns on when it gets to 65, and turns off when it gets to 67. Is that really not what it should be doing?
We should always be leaning towards the leading edge of technology but should test the new technology for awhile to make sure it works well before selling to the public; now the full replacement offered by Daikin is unique and unheard of in the HVAC industry! Kudos.- Are you in Orleans ?
All good…except for the all electric heat pump systems. In those systems, the cost of electricity, main breaker panel type/amperage, 220v wiring circuits and amperage must be taken into consideration I would think as a DIY buyer. Leaving natural gas heating with electric cooling and replacing it with all electric heating/cooling in our area where power is sold for 40 to 50 cents per kWh does NOT make sense especially when going with an all new HVAC system that has the same costs weather its heat pump or gas and electric heating and cooling. Operational and maintenance costs are KING when rates for gas, oil or power are super inflated or super inexpensive. At this point, I'm all for efficient cooling but not especially fond of 90+ gas heating maintenance vs. 80.
I respect your knowledge of home hvac but I’ll give you my story of hvac replacement (Dec). I had 4 quotes each pricing a 14 seer, 16 seer single stage, and a 19-20 seer inverter heat pump with a two stage nat gas furnace on all quotes. I went with a Trane 16 SEER single stage heat pump with natural gas furnace (downsized) replacing an a/c unit with a gas furnace ( oversized). The 14 seer units were obviously the lowest cost. The Amana 20 seer was just slightly under $20k. I did an economic analysis. based on my utility rates and historic usage for my home. Using several different assumptions, my payback for an inverter system would have been 11-13 years, nearly the life expectancy of a heat pump. I also understand the reliability of electronics has improved however, their costs are still staggeringly high when and if they do fail. My background; a degreed ME with Certified Energy Engineer certification and retired as Utilities Manager at a major Army base and maintenance engineer at a major east coast chemical plant.
My point is if your sole function is to save energy, the inverter technology is the way to go. If your bank account is more important, think about the single stage or two stage and keep some cash in your pocket and take a nice post Covid vacation.
The prophet was right everything is political.
Thank you for the great info.
I thought this was going to be about Heat Pumps.
Good video though.
Any discussion points on those thinner First Air air handlers. It was a fun time finding a HVAC person understanding my limitations and needed the outdoor condenser replaced.
I live in SE Texas. Our weather being what it is, I was running the AC yesterday and maintaining a very comfortable 71 degrees. A cold front comes through overnight and now I am running the heating and maintaining a very comfortable 69 degrees with a 53% humidity throughout. I have a brand new Daikin FIT ducted heat pump system. Enough said.