UK AC At Home Anyone?

[LeeH]

Anybody have AC?

I’m looking to fit one in the bedroom as working 12h days/shifts is not pleasant on 2 hours sleep.

I will install myself and pull in a favour from the fridge boys/contractor at work to commission as they are F gas registered.

1st choice was a cheaply generic unit for 500, but Mitsubishi do a nice Zen unit that seems to get a lot of praise and the Black looks better in the house.

Thoughts? Dakin seems to be the market leader followed my Mitsubishi.

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[pc1966]

Just sit in front of the fridge with the door open….

No, no! The door should only be open when fetching the cold beer!

 

[freddo]

The pump is hidden in the trunking and looks like this pic above when all covered up.

From the description:

The pump removes harmful acidic water waste from all types of air conditioning units where there are not the conditions necessary for a gravity feed.

Harmful acidic water waste??

 

[James]

From the description:


Harmful acidic water waste??

If you are boiling vinegar in the same room, I suppose the condensate would be acidic, not sure how harmful it would be though!

 

[Julie.]

We put a couple of Panasonic units in (living room and main bedroom) they have been OK for years.

Basically we run the copper pipe, silver soldered it where required and pressurised it for a numer of days, since it held pressure long term, we then evacuated the pipework (~£20 vacuum pump), and opened the valves.

The pre-charged ones indicate what is an acceptable length of pipework (and what size), providing you keep to this and ensure there are no leaks it's pretty easy.

Ours needed condensate drain (which we run down and away from the wall) I believe soe don't.

We have used them for both cooling and heating (when the boiler broke down and we had to wait for parts)

 

[pirate]

Yup, the one I installed came with the pipework already sized and with the terminations all factory fitted, and everything was pre-charged, so plug n play really. Just had to make sure to measure and order the right length of pipework.

 

[LeeH]

Project has begun. Containment is in for the copper but it’s too hot in the loft now so tomorrow is another day.

 

[littlespark]

They’re using cats now for packaging materials???

More eco friendly than polystyrene, I guess

 

[plugsandsparks]

To clean the heat exchanger at the back of the outdoor unit you need room away from the wall to get your hand in with a brush, otherwise it will get blocked being that low down. The lowest i mount them is around 6 inches off the floor as the fan will just suck crap off the floor and draw it into the back of the heat exchanger.
Best height is around 3-4ft off ground for ease of maintenance and less blocking of the fins

 

[pirate]

As @plugsandsparks said, keep it above ground level. Get the custom wall-mount brackets and elevate the unit by a couple of feet, slide it away from the wall on the brackets, and it's easy to clean, won't suck up debris, and will be more efficient with clean air all around. Plus, if you are using pre-made pipes, you have wiggle-room as to where the unit goes.

 

[nicebutdim]

As @plugsandsparks said, keep it above ground level. Get the custom wall-mount brackets and elevate the unit by a couple of feet, slide it away from the wall on the brackets, and it's easy to clean, won't suck up debris, and will be more efficient with clean air all around. Plus, if you are using pre-made pipes, you have wiggle-room as to where the unit goes.

What are the custom brackets like? I only ever see them mounted on cantilevers with zebidees.

 

[pc1966]

What are the custom brackets like? I only ever see them mounted on cantilevers with zebidees.

No idea, but ours were mounted on plastic legs:

 

[pc1966]

They are just moulded plastic extrusions though. I have also seen the channel strut feet used for support and a degree of vibration damping. These sort of things:

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[nicebutdim]

No idea, but ours were mounted on plastic legs:
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I often see big units mounted on feet, but wondered about a neater solution for wall mounting. Periodically ponder the possibility of AC at home and, while I could live with cantilevers, a neater solution would be preferable.

 

[nicebutdim]

These sort of things:

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Yep, that's what I've seen. Used them myself on UPS cabinets and they've been really tight to get on.

 

[pc1966]

I often see big units mounted on feet, but wondered about a neater solution for wall mounting. Periodically ponder the possibility of AC at home and, while I could live with cantilevers, a neater solution would be preferable.

Cantilevers have the advantage the ground is clear below, handy for sweeping out and similar. I guess some channel strut on the wall with anchors or Rawlbolts, etc, would support the arms OK so long as not insanely heavy.