The bonus benefits of whole home AC

Heat waves are becoming more common in the UK so more and more people are looking to get air conditioning for their homes, usually for one or two rooms. But there are more benefits to getting whole home air conditioning than you might have first expected. A2A playlist:    • Air-to-air heat pump system   Mixergy iHP playlist:    • Mixergy iHP cylinder   -- Other stuff -- Try out my Solar Tariff Optimiser tool: https://timandkatsgreenwalk.co.uk/ Tariff tool playlist:    • Solar Tariff Optimiser   Support the channel by switching to the UK’s most awarded energy supplier. Switch to Octopus Energy and you’ll get £50 credit once your switch is complete. Existing customer? Find out how you can benefit too. T&Cs apply (only one switching offer per household). https://timwaskett.octopus.energy Or buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/timandkat Join our Patreon for access to more tools:   / timandkatsgreenwalk   Sign up for Axle to receive £25 credit using my referral link: https://vpp.axle.energy/landing?ref=R... If you're looking for a solar install check out Green Team One (and mention that I sent you when you contact them): https://www.greenteamone.co.uk/ Our home system summary: 6.84 kWp solar array split E/W (9 Q-Cells 380 W panels each) combined with: 5 kW Gen 2 GivEnergy hybrid inverter 14.7 kWh GivEnergy batteries 2.76 kWp South array (460 W AIKO panels) with: 3 panels on a 1.5 kW Fox ESS S1500-G2 string inverter 3 panels with 380 W Enphase IQ8HC microinverters Toshiba Haori A2A heat pump heating/cooling system Mixergy iHP hot water cylinder Renault Zoe i GT Line R135 Z.E. 50 E/W solar array and battery tour:    • Solar PV and battery tour - Q Cells and Gi...   A2A heating tour:    • A tour of our air-to-air heat pump system ...   South array inverter experiment playlist:    • String vs microinverters experiment   00:00 Introduction 00:57 How we run our AC 02:43 Extra benefits 03:46 Cost of install 05:17 Pros and cons of A2A vs A2W 06:57 Our hot water solution 07:07 Running costs 08:50 Closing remarks Please note that Tim is not a professional consultant, just an enthusiastic amateur, so cannot reply to requests for advice or opinions on specific systems or green investment opportunities. Thank you for your understanding.