"James Sweet" wrote in message
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What brands are Japanese? HVAC is one of the few areas where I haven't run
into much foreign equipment. Either way this stuff is pretty dependable
for the most part, properly installed there isn't much to go wrong. There
are not that many different companies that make the internal bits, and
efficiency regulations have limited the number of corners that can be cut
in the manufacture.

They're very big in the northern parts of Australia.

Try (split system heat pump site:.au)

The inside unit looks like a skirting heater but mounts higher on the wall.
The compressor is outside so much quieter. Of course they don't suit the
ducted systems used in N America.