[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by jyl

Wow, no way I can get close to that cost. A Mitsujitsukon 18K dual zone with two air handlers is $3000-3500 and I need two plus everything else.

My bill for the stuff from Bosch was under 3k. I probably spent nearly 1k more on my Menards/Lowes/HF stuff. I ended up buying two plastic base plates to set the outdoor units on instead of pouring concrete pads. Had to switch around and buy some new circuit breakers for my main panel in my basement. Had to buy a big spool of 10ga wire, some pvc conduit, some exterior lineset tape, a bunch of white plastic downspout/fittings and a couple AC disconnect fuse boxes.

I originally had a quote of 13.5k to have a local HVAC company put in a single large outdoor unit feeding 4 indoor units. That was a shocker so I started looking into doing it myself. I placed a large unit on order at Lowes but it was backordered. While I was waiting, my old co-worker told me he could hook me up with the Bosch employee deal. After researching it a bit, I cancelled the Lowes order and decided the two smaller separate Bosch outdoor units made more sense due to then having shorter linesets and easier runs to the indoor units. I was advised that long term, having short downhill runs on exterior walls was the best way to avoid having to have condensate pumps at the indoor units. These can sometimes fail over time and cause a leak and water damage to ceilings or walls.