What type of work will you be doing in your shop. Indoor units of minisplits do not do well in a dirty enviroment. (saw dust, welding dirt/dust etc.) Have you given any thought to a small propane unit heater?
Questions about heat pump for my shop
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I installed the minisplit 3 years ago, this is an older thread. I don't run it if I'm generating dust, most of which I try to do outside anyway.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Get the install manual, not just the owner's manual. Most can be programmed to sense at either remote, thermostat, or head.
I couldn't see that in either of these manuals
(broken link removed to https://hvacdirect.com/hvac/pdf/MrCool-DIY-Install-Manual-final.pdf)
oops, I should pay closer attention to dates when reading and responding to a thread.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
That's surprising, but I guess that brand/model doesn't have that option. My experience is with several Mitsubishi units of various vintage over the last 15 years, and they have all had the ability to toggle between the head unit and remote thermostat, for temperature sensing.
Sensing in the head unit works for most applications, but there are some where I'd rather have the sensing in the thermostat. I also wonder how they manage to not have the units sometimes fighting one another in large installations with multiple heads, such as putting a half dozen units in a large room (eg. chapel or small gymnasium). In those applications, they will often tie multiple head units to one wall thermostat, to act as one coherent unit.
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