multiple head split system air conditioning

\\ a large two head unit is much cheaper for the same capacity

match the capacity and complexity

unsuccessfully I would think I

so over size with two units and leave some doors open ?

**I went down this track nearly 2 years ago. I started looking at a multi-head split system from Panasonic. It was like pulling teeth, trying to get a straight answer from the company. even though their web site suggested that they could supply the product. I then looked at a few other companies and gave up. Then I looked at a ducted system. It would have cost $15k. The multi-head (yeah, I finally found one) was going to cost $10k. I gave up and purchased two, 7.2kW, inverter type Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (different to Mitsubishi Electric) for $5k (for both) installed. Best decision I could have made. They are incredibly quiet, VERY efficient - I only ever need to run one at any one time (two story house) - and an utter delight.

My only reservation, is that I would have preferred floor mounted evaporators, but the only company I could get them from was Daiken. Daiken = excellent quality = Big Bucks.

Go with a couple of units. It's easier, cheaper and more efficient. Unless things have altered in the last 18 months, of course. Oh yeah: Don't even THINK about one of those cheap Chinese crap box ones. They're noisy, don't meet their claimed efficiency figures and they're unreliable. My nearest neighbour has one. If I stand beside my compressor, whilst it is running, I can easily hear his compressor, even though it is 30 Metres away. POS.

Thanks Trevor,

I certainly would go for individual systems but this is for an apartment, and three boxes outside the apartment won't float with the body corporate. I'll probably go for a 2 head system and pipe some extra pipes for the third system should the need and the $$ arise in future.

**Good luck with that. Like I said, Panasonic had the best, IMO, back when I looked. They are very efficient, allegedly quiet and the range is quite broad. Trouble is, no one wanted to sell it to me. I could have purchased Daiken though.