It ran by electricity and required no other equipment other than the HVAC system itself and the conduit that attached the outdoor unit to the indoor unit
Shortly after my husband and I retired, we bought a small cabin that was deep in the woods. We had always enjoyed the outdoors, and the cabin was perfect for quiet getaways. We were less than a mile from town, but there was a lot of privacy in its location. The only source of heating was a fireplace. With ten acres of trees surrounding us, we were sure we could find enough downed wood to keep the fireplace burning and heat our cabin. Neither one of us thought about how much work it would be to gather the wood and split it into smaller pieces. My husband’s back was soon giving him a lot of trouble, and I wasn’t interested in doing that much work. I thought there had to be a better way to heat the cabin. We had solar panels that ran the lights, and I wanted to know if there was some kind of heating we could get that could be run by the solar panels? My husband suggested we look into a mini split HVAC system. It was a ductless HVAC system. It ran by electricity and required no other equipment other than the HVAC system itself and the conduit that attached the outdoor unit to the indoor unit. After a few hours of research, we knew we would only need one unit, and we had enough money in the bank to pay for it and the installation. The HVAC technician who delivered and installed the mini split HVAC unit told us he never thought about using solar panels to run the system, and said it was a great idea. We now have heating and air conditioning whenever we go to the cabin.