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Originally Posted by chassis
Noice is different. I have been able to hear central forced air AC units in all houses I have lived in. Some quite loud in fact with booming duct sheet metal. Split systems will have a different sound as compared to a central force air system. Whether it is better or worse is your call. I don’t mind the sound of a split system.
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Our system is actually super-quiet, even with the fan running 24/7. I can hear our refrigerator and near-silent Bosch dishwasher over the air handler near the return plenum, and no noise whatsoever at the outlet vents. When I was visiting a friend's house a few years ago, I noticed that their traditional central AC unit was noticeable whenever the fan kicked on.
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Originally Posted by DETRoadster
Got it. So your install in an existing structure dictated some of your choices. if you were doing a "clean sheet", new build, like I am, would you do it all over the same again?
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As I wrote, my preference for our future "clean sheet" build is 2-3 single-zone split units for redundancy, and +1 oversizing each unit over what the recommended size is for each area being cooled.....