Heat Wave Relief: Off Grid Air Conditioning with Mr. Cool Mini Split
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
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Join us as we tackle a sweltering heat wave at our off grid cabin! In this video, we show you how we stay cool and comfortable using the Mr. Cool DIY Mini Split air conditioning system. Watch our step-by-step installation process and see how this efficient and easy-to-install system provides much-needed relief during the hottest days. Discover tips and tricks for staying cool off grid and learn why the Mr. Cool Mini Split is a game-changer for off grid living. Don't miss our firsthand experience and practical advice for beating the heat while living off the grid! #heatwave #heatwave2024 #offgridsolarsystem #offgridpower #mrcooldiy #minisplit
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Im not crazy about info commercials, but this was great to learn you can run a unit on solar! Please keep providing honest reviews as summer goes on.
We try and make the videos relatable and helpful no matter that the topic. We have literally had thousands and thousands of comments asking about AC.....so this will help a lot of people. Thanks for watching BB
What a great addition to the cabin. So great that you found a solution to handle our crazy Michigan weather! 😂 Love this for you both! ❤
What an awesome addition to your cabin. It’s going to make your living on the top of the mountain off grid extremely enjoyable. have a blessed summer.🙏
Thank you Chris
So happy for you guys!👏❤️❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾
Awe....thanks Martha 😊
What a great addition to the cabin, glad they sponsored you for this and how wonderful you can remotely turn it on before getting out of bed a bit of luxury for you now , fabulous, enjoy guys xxx
Loving it. ❤️
Hi guy's, That's an awesome addition to the cabin and expertly installed by Jay!
Thanks Mr 😎
Woot woot buddy
It’s so expensive to hire contractors these days, how awesome to be able to diy something like this
This is so true.....this was a very doable DIY install for sure. Good point guys. 😁👍
Wow that is great!!! That is going to be awesome for the summer for sure for better sleeping!
Oh it is great, I think everyone should have one to be honest
Nice job Jay.
Thanks!
Wow the cabin is pretty big and that system is perfect for your needs, keep it up!
Thank you.....I too was pretty impressed with how well the Mr. Cool worked in the cabin. Kept it nice and cool last week when it was 88 outside.....71 in the cabin. Very happy
Great job! I hope it continues to make y’all comfortable throughout the years to come!
It's a dogs (pets) life!
Your videos are absolutely awesome!!
Thanks for the kind words
Hats off to you guys, did an excellent job didn’t make it look too hard. Made me want to go out and buy one big thumbs up to ya.👍🏽
As always thanks for the video, we enjoy watching! Glad to know this system works so great, I see a lot of positive reviews on Mr. Cool.
Thanks Tim for watching......we are super impressed and happy with it too.....I'm glad to share this with everyone
Its Great to see Honest Love given back in return....:) Best DIY Mini Split video install i have witnessed.... I have done a lot of research....:) You are putting in the Effort and are enjoying the Fruits of your Labor....❤ Thanks for another Authentic Video.... Im pretty sure ill be installing the same unit.... God Bless you guys....
Thanks for your channel. You guys keep everything real, and it is a joy to watch your interactions. You did a great job.
Thanks my friend
Alright, guys! So exciting!
I've heard great things about the Mrcool ! Happy you got one ! 😊
It is great.....extremely happy with it
I've seen these installed elsewhere
Always a success.
I'm happy it works for you.
Thats so cool 😊
Glad to hear it, thank you Jim
Well Done, We are in No. Arizona, 5600ft, A/C would be a nice add and I came across your installation. Your simple and informative installation was well worth the watch.
Awesome......glad you like it and it was helpful. 😊👍
Mr. C helps a lot of tubers .. and all the units seem to be really good quality.
They really do....MR. COOL helping support us and others is awesome....win win. And Now everyone knows how they can have heat and AC in a small cabin
Nice job guys. Looks like MrCool makes it pretty simple to install. Enjoy the heat and cool temps. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Hey How Are Yall Doing. Yall Have A Very Nice Cabin. May The Lord Be With Yall Always Gainesville,,Florida
Sweet install, love the way the two you work together, like a well oiled machine😀, the pups knew what time it was, it was Mr. Cool 😎😎 time. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us!
Thanks for the info my friends, I personally never thought that this technology was even out there; but here we are & this is one of your better videos that gave me answers that I've always wondered about. Thanks I really appreciate the video! Your friend from Southern Indiana
Outstanding video. We’re planning a 480 sq ft off grid cabin and will check out the mini split system. Thank you.
A quick observation with your a/c install. Make sure the foam sealant didn’t crush the drain hose. If it did, the drain water will back up into the cabin. I know this from experience. Great show by the way. Keep it up.
Thanks for that, directions say you can pour a little water into the tray in the unit to test the flow.....I'll double check the pipe is still open. 👍
Jay that was a clean install! Mr Mr. Cool himself couldn't of done it any better!
Woot woot 😊
Thats a nice little unit y'all have there!! Looks like it works great!! J & C
It's a game changer
My ac unit died last week...i DEEPLY appreciate the depth of info. I have 4 babies under 8 years old (our newest is 7 months old) so i gotta get up to speed...thank to this video i feel good about it!
Ive been looking for something like this! Thanks for showing us!!❤❤
Thank you for being here my friend.....100% a great unit and company
Just a tip from a professional electrician. Do not connect the power to the unit directly with pipe. Use flex for the last few feet. You must also have a disconnect within 50’ and within sight of the unit.
Good tip....I was being cheap and used rigid because I had some. There is a fusible disconnect under the deck. Appreciate the advice for all
Great for You!!
Thanks Steph
Very cool....❤❤❤❤
Hell of a great vid guy's. realy interesting subject. Well installed,i learnt a hell of a lot. well done Phil
Thanks buddy
This is perfect. Thanks so much. Our AC is killing us… over $500 a month in the summer. We looked into splits and were quoted around 9K for two units installed. To be fair, the HVAC person who gave us the quote uses high quality splits that have lLong term warranties and can be repaired. He advised against your brand and those like it because they may not be repairable. But heck, if we were to get three years use out of one and replace it ourselves, and did that every few years, we’d still be way ahead.
Wow....hope you can figure it all out my friend. Thanks for being here. Good luck
I think I could do this no problem, what I need to learn is the solar setup. did you have a video for that?
Im going to need one myself
You won't regret it
Nice install doesn’t that need to have a vacuum put on those lines first I had to do that with a bigger one I just installed glad it works there great woot woot !
This unit comes with precharged lines and the heat pump is already vacuum and ready to go.....when you open the valves on the unit it does everything for you....DIY unit
@@OffgridwithJayandJen But what about the lines themselves? Normally them have to be evacuated too.
Dang, I must've missed how to you did the electrical hookup to your solar?
Crazy I can't believe you don't have to pump down the lines??? great video
Nope....All the lines are pre-charged and the valves you open after install let's everything flow. Pretty cool I thought too.
Cool unit.
Now u can sell the minisplit, & spring for some 8 ft deep ground tubing circulating pump flowing water/glycol fluid around a loop and through a car radiator with its car fan (12 volt electric). Ground tubing run maybe 500 ft length grid loop. Will give 55-60°F. Then if u keep Mr Cool, it just for bumping from 55°F to the comfy 70-ish.
up on top of that hill how long do you think it will take to dig 500' of 8' ditch and if you paid to do it how much would it cost? I don't think i'd want to look at that project with just a shovel
Cool work mr be saf for air cool ’ coolt ’
Woot woot
Two questions how long in real time did it take to install and what is the retail value of it.
I will be installing one at some point in my offgrid cabin . I only need a/c for summer .
The Heat is more useful than you might Think too.....Unless you are tropical, LOL
Great Video ! I saw one of these running on just solar no batt it was on A/C but no batteries !
Isn't technology wonderful! Nothing like being comfortable. I wish you well.
It really is amazing 😊👍
You should of set some bolts in the concrete to anchor outside unit
You may want to raise the outside unit 5 or 6 feet off the ground to keep in out of the snow
Thanks for posting this, I've been wondering how the Mr cool unit's preformed, im considering getting one for my house, was wondering how many square footage your cabin is. My home is small about 900 square feet. The installation looked very easy, Thanks for your input..
Cabin is about 500 square feet with the bedroom. There are different sizes for different houses
@@OffgridwithJayandJen Thanks so much..
I need a second charge controller. My solar is putting 300 to 320 watts into my 400 watt air conditioner. I have a 300ah Ampere Time and 2000w inverter for power outages. I decided to run my AC from it on sunny days this year and my bill went way down. I`m gonna get a 30 amp Victron with easy LiFeP04 settings and another 200w solar panel. I have a few extra panels to go with one. I already have the extra wiring because I`m switching out the 10 gauge MC4 and small charge controller cables to larger ones (if they fit).
If you put a box around it, it will look good. Also if you insulate the box, it will be protected in winter.
it dave from ct i don't have air conditioning can i come over if it gets hot i'm jealous great video nice job
😊
My concern is putting a big hole through the outside wall and then having all the big noticeable lines one the outside wall
Ya I was trying to find a more discreet place to put the unit.....but it only worked here because of the bedroom and hot tub location. But we just picked up some paint to hopefully hide it and bit
Wow! Is there anything you guys can't do??? Amazing. You guys work so hard.
😊 thanks Sandra
How about a pergola or roof over the side deck
Off grid hair cut 😊
You showed the wattage draw when heating. What’s the wattage draw when cooling? Thanks. One of these may be in my future.
I thought I mentioned at the end it was drawing between 700 and 900 watts. Which is a good amount of power, but on sunny days we could run if simply off of the solar power coming in, was really awesome actually.
Ive been "alright guy's" to death hahA
Alright buddy, ha ha
How long are the lines that come with it like in your kit? Can you order it from Mr. Cool with longer lines if you need them to be longer? (For a fee of course)
I made sure to get the 25 foot lines. I think there is an option to add another extension as well.
I have been considering this unit for my home . The installation looks simple enough and straight-forward .
The price for this particular MrCool 12K model is around $1750 USD . There are also other brands available
that start at around $499 . Seems like the energy savings will pay for itself in a short amount of time.
No mention of where the MrCool units are manufactured .
UPDATE : MrCool products are headquartered in Kentucky, USA - - units are manufactred in China .
I'm sure the cheaper units would work as well, but I typically hold a lot of value in supporting a company with a good name and customer service and reputation, or the chance that you need help with it down the road.
Dry pour. How approprapro
👍😎 we wont to get. The eG4 ac solar
That was a cool Video! BAHAHAHAHAHA
🤣🤣
Oh i see your jackery. Thanks
We were not using the jackery that is just there for back up if we need it. We are running on our original 5kwh of agm batteries. 2200 watts of solar panels with a 3k inverter
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its about time //lol
Lol, wish we had done it sooner for sure
Don't forget that you need to put that your video is sponsored does a check mark or TH-cam can pull the video.
This is a paid promotion because you received it for free and they sponsored the video.
It is checked off as paid promotion on our end- jen double checked it before making it live. Did it not show as paid promotion on your end ?
It was on left side of video - for entire time
I don't understand why some people are leaving disparaging remarks about an infomercial or sponsorships.
A lot of these companies are smaller than they rely upon channels like this to showcase their products.
I would never think that you could run an AC off of solar.
It's up to each individual whether they believe the person or not but I wouldn't be subscribed to you if I thought you were liars.
I'm also not mad that you got it for free.
You have like 50,000 subscribers and that can reach a lot of people people with like-minded interests.
I appreciate that Scott......there is definitely a huge misunderstanding from some folks about the whole YT world. Without these awesome companies sponsoring smaller channels like ours, there wouldn't be a channel, it's simple. Without our subscribers there wouldn't be a channel......most folks understand how it works...but the 2% that don't get it are not something I worry too much about. We appreciate you my friend and thanks for being one of the good ones here. Plus I really had fun with this video and answered a question and problem we have had literally thousands of comments about. Win win
Hey Jay, I’m Jay👋
And my girlfriends name is Jenn:)
I’ve been running a very small AC at my cabin in VT in a thru wall application. And really been dreaming about a mini split. Would be so great having heat capabilities too. And my coal stove back up.
Thanks for the info and the install footage, very nice.
@johneden7975 thanks for watching my friend and the support
Where’s the infomercial?
I just discovered your channel & totally loved this video for what looks to be a great product. Thanks & blessings upon you & the sweet doggies❣
Everybody needs to stay cool when it's 100 outside. Love from Virginia ♥️
I am in Las Vegas, Nv. In June it was hitting 100, and this month it has been pretty steady from 112 to 119.
Electric bill for a/c will be $500 to $900 this month.
Jay and Jen you did a great job putting the unit in your cabin to keep it warm in the winter time and keep cool in the summertime 😊
Thank you my friend
Don't pay any attention to the have nothing better to do negative comments....❤
A/C at an off grid home...never thought you guys would be so lucky!!
Me either.....crazy awesome
Really appreciate Jen and yourself doing these videos Jay. I built a semi portable solar system with the idea of moving to upper Michigan in about 8yrs, I can fold it up and load it in about half hr with my wife's help. Would really appreciate if after a winter you doing another update on how this mini split is working out for you. My wife and myself are Subscribed and really enjoying you guys can do spirit.
Really appreciate you're comment and support my friend. We wish you the best and we will always keep you guys updated on how things are working out
Awesome presentation guys 👍 We will look into the Mrcool unit !!!!! Thanks for sharing this with us 😊❤
It takes a few minutes to get heat going; AC comes on faster. Build a snow shield over the outdoor unit. It doesn’t work with snow blowing into or blocking the unit.
Mrcool being installed by Mr. and Mrs. Mrcool!!!
Ha.....love it
😂
@@OffgridwithJayandJen Did y'all hook solar panels to it?
Cool! Nice that it includes tools everyone may not have! Thanks for all the work you do to demonstrate installation, uses, benefits and little extra tips for the products you use. 😍🇨🇦
Well done guys! Great addition to the cabin!
Thanks Dave
I usually don’t sit through more than 5 minute videos. This was enjoyable…
Hey Allen....I really appreciate that. I work hard and try to make a decent video, so glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes
So much fun to just sit back and enjoy another one of your informative videos. Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching!
For HVAC which usually draws a lot, that unit is reasonable in its power consumption. You both worked well together on that installation. Thank you for the walk-through.👍🏾
Thanks for watching Raoul, best wishes 😊👍
Have used mini splits for several years (on grid). Very efficient and economical.
Ok guys, I just found you. YT algorithm showed you in my feed. I've seen many videos of off-grid people, but I found that they seem too professional and they seem to cater to their sponsors. Your way of saying things are to my easy to understand, and your honesty shines through. I will believe anything you say over those other "experts" subscribed and looking forward for new videos.
We appreciate this more than you know......we show it and tell it how it is and glad you enjoyed the video. We love the Mr cool unit and super impressed with it over the last few months using it.
Cool air is definitely helpful for senior citizens. As we get older we need to stay comfortable to the end. Also check on the elderly in high temperature days.
So happy that the Mr. Cool is working for you. Sometimes heating and cooling is NECESSARY! Be safe & peace from your friend in VA!
Mrcool is pretty easy, great heat pump. Best of luck guys
Thank you 😊
Good idea upgrade EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 Portable Power Station + 2 x Extra Batteries on TH-cam videos and please test it out and 12 KWH power whole thiny cabin off the grid
This is one of the best videos iv seen thank you😊
You are Welcome.....appreciate you watching
Its great that you shared this with your viewers. Also looking forward to seeing you both hit 50K!!!
Thanks TC.....I didn't know this was possible....I hope this video helps a lot of people
Bilt in pool next.
Many want the Results, but they don't want to put in the effort and than complain when they see others do 😂 I'm sorry, its Laughable....
Most are haters because they will NEVER do these things bit critique as experts. Get in the arena 1st.
Love and enjoy watching your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and Jen and working on the homestead
Thank you so much!
Well, I knew the minniesplit was going to be added way back when yall did the solar power upgrade. I even asked when it was going to be installed. Think back then yall were thinking something on the line of, yeah right! Be sure to let Russell know how well it is working. And, that he owes you 10.00 dollars 😂. See ya on the next video.
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Pretty K👀L DiY Unit. I was wondering if the outside heat pump would still work ok located under the deck mainly for weather protection and Im thinking going up through the floor of the cabin & mounting the inside unit near the floor may make for an easier install IDK.
I wanted to install it under the deck too.....but for safety and filming this was where it went. I like how ya think tho
Glad you can get sponsorship for things that are really expensive.
Thanks Melissa....this has been a great experience, both with the unit itself and working with Mr. Cool
@@OffgridwithJayandJen We have a Mr Cool central air unit here in Arizona. Works great never had a problem it's 4 years old.
Awesome job. Mr. Cool will get my business.
Big 👍🏻 I'm so happy for you all. Sleeping at night will be so much better when it's a hot muggy night. Not only will it be cooler but the humidity will be alot lower. I know Michigan can have some muggy weather 😂
Yes we are very happy!
@@OffgridwithJayandJen👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I was thinking of the same thing for our place, glad to see your video. I will be curious the long-term effect on your power storage if you think you might need more storage since you will run this unit more as time goes on. BTW, hope the skeeters are not as bad by you as they are here in Northern WI. Brutal is all I can say.