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Cat keeps messing with security cam (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[-] Desistance@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Why is that mini split so close to the ground? Does it not rain there?

[-] rbn@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Air-water heatpumps are far more efficient than air-air! ;)

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Regular heatpumps are mounted that low too.

Where do you live that you get 4" of standing water when it rains?

[-] gst0ck@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Texas recently.

[-] Desistance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Louisiana. Heavy rain is a regular thing throughout the year.

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not sure why you think that would be an issue. Mounting the exterior compressor close to the ground is common practice for ease of maintenance. Getting it wet isn't really a problem. I'm not really sure why we're having HVAC install discussions in a cat forum though :P

[-] Desistance@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most mini split installs I've seen are not so low. The lowest I've seen is at least a foot off the ground until now. Maybe it's not a problem for them.

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of times they will mount them to the wall if the unit is small enough. It's cheaper and the refrigerant line run is shorter. But for larger units it's common practice to mount them on a concrete pad on the ground. In this case, someone probably just didn't want to spring for the wall mounting hardware, so they put it on a couple cinder blocks. It's not ideal, but it doesn't really hurt anything.