heating and cooling options?

Good Point Furpod.

Well said and great advice.

Just stay away from that dealer in the spring!

Originally posted by Cankicker

"The heater had the cheap Grope and Hope control which I immediately replaced with an inexpensive digital unit".
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Can you please tell me what you used? Is it a standard home unit?

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I used a LuxPro PSD010BF thermostat, but they are now superseded and hard to find. However, any digital non-programmable battery operated single stage heat thermo rated for 12-24 volt systems will work. A newer model, LuxPro DMH110, is available at Amazon, Lowes, HD, etc for 20-30 dollars. It has a fan switch, but that will not be functional with your heater. Other brands like Honeywell have similar models so it becomes an issue of personal preference and availability. The interface to the heater is a simple two wire 12 volt circuit. The heater contains its own relay, fan control, and cycle logic. Even an old style mechanical thermo will work, but then that's what we're replacing

There won't be any difference beyond the placement of the controls. In fact, the housing where the controls are on the a/c, is exactly the same as the housing on the ones with a wall mounted thermostat, minus 2 holes and 2 stickers.

I agree though, my bet is the dealer is ordering without a/c then adding it, either to save money, or because a large enough percentage of buyers in Iowa don't want a/c in the first place...

I would be bothered way more by the "not really sure" type answer to your question, then the control location. Unless it's some GINORMOUS dealership, everyone there knows whats what.

When you buy a replacement, or new, a/c unit, you buy the unit itself, and the inside panel, separately..