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capt. mike
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i would hope that when it auto throttles down with low current draw it goes to low idle and fuel flow drops a bunch.
round to it - what say you?
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Pompano
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mike...sounds like that diesel genset is a little thirsty. I would shop for a different, more economical engine. Or get a super solar system to run
the whole shebang and never worry about buying diesel again. I am researching that right now.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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capt. mike
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oh, i am not buying one, just putting info out. i will be on the grid when i build. have no interest in solar and all that.
i want to plug in and go.
and have lots of AC in summer.
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Bruce R Leech
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my 30 KVA gen set never used more than half a gallon per hour.
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comitan
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There is a York dealer behind Leys on Cinco Demayo they have and install Mini Split splits.
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Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
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capt. mike
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yeah, sort of what i thot - 2.5 GPH only at full draw, otherwise should sip fuel oil.
actually a good plan to have it out in the boonies.
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bajaguy
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Mini Splits
Was in the Ensenada COSTCO over the weekend (April 22) . They have Rheem units...several sizes...didn't look at the btu size but a two set unit with
compressor was about 1100.00 US
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Don Alley
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We have this little quirk in our GE splits. Sometimes, after a power failure, when the power goes back on one of the inside units spontaneously starts
blowing. Fan only, not AC. This happens fairly often with the kitchen unit, rarely with the bedroom unit, and never with the living room unit.
We first found this out when we came back after two months in the states to find a fan blowing. Hey, who's been in our house!
So now we throw the circuit breaker when we leave town.
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El Jefe
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What about gas fired instead of a condenser. Maybe I could run this baby on solar.
http://www.easternpropane.com/air.html
Anybody have experience with one of these?
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bajajudy
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Jefe
You better get yourself one of those for September. They do look interesting. Let us know if you find out any more information.
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
and have lots of AC in summer. |
Hold onto your wallet. Our electric bill is around $300/month in the summer. Of course, that has not slowed down our consumption. I could not live
here without a/c, I dont believe. There is something about knowing that when you get home, you can cool down that makes the heat tolerable.
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Jefe
What about gas fired instead of a condenser. Maybe I could run this baby on solar.
http://www.easternpropane.com/air.html
Anybody have experience with one of these? |
Gas air conditioners are good units. but you must have someone who really knows what they are doing to install them. it is different than a regular
unit.
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MitchMan
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In La Paz,
you can get Lennox minisplits from a Lennox dealer who is one or two blocks inland from Abasolo somewhere between 5th de Fevrero and Colossio. Last
year I bought two 1-ton minisplits for $400 USD each (air handler and compressor unit included for each one) and one 2-ton unit for $800 USD. So far,
they work great. I have a 900 sq ft cinder block house. I put the 2-ton unit in the Kitchen/Dining room and a 1-ton in the small living room. I put
the other 1-ton in one bedroom (13 ftx 13 ft). The other bedroom has a wall unit Carrier (1-1/2 ton, I think they call it a TPAC which means it also
can work as a heater). Oh yeah.
If you do the math, I have a total of 5-1/2 tons of aircondtioning power for 900 sq ft of living space, that calculates out to about 1 ton for each
165 sq ft of living space.
If I had to do it over again, I would replace the 1-ton units with 1-1/2 ton units instead. It would have cost me a total of $400 more overall. Worth
it!
The 2-ton unit does an incredible job of keeping things cool ... in a hurry. The 1-ton units do a very, very satisfactory job of keeping things cool.
The wall unit does a fantastic job of keeping things cool, suprisingly.
BTW, make sure that you buy minisplits that also serve as room heaters, that only costs about $50 USD more per unit... again, worth it!
If I had used 1-1/2 ton units instead of the 1-ton units, that would total 6-1/2 tons for a 900 sq ft dwelling resulting in one ton of cooling power
for every 140 sq ft of living space. Now, that's the ticket! Do it, you will be happy you did. You know, if you are going to have a place in BCS
... you know it gets darn hot in summer.
Also, if you are going through the brain damage of finding and buying the place, making sure you pay your annual trust fees, paying for and
maintaining an FM3 and paying annual property taxes and prepaying for your utilities and then doing some work on the place to improve and maintain it
and you are spending the money and arranging the time to go there and maybe even going through the expense of keeping a vehicle there, man, spend the
money to keep the house cool and mean it. Be a man.
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Bob and Susan
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el hefe
thats not an air conditioner...thats a chiller unit
and they CAN be run on solar power with a back up generator
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TheColoradoDude
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Can someone post some pictures of their units? Also, how long do they last usually and routine maintainence costs?
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oxxo
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I live in a 1300 sqft, 2br. cinder block building. I have 3 minisplits, Tranes. I'm not sure what size they are. They keep our unit frigid if we
want. We set the thermostat at 83F during the day, dress down, use ceiling fans, and only cool the space we are using at the time. Since we live on
the beach, we turn the one in the bedroom off at night and turn on the ceiling fan and open all the sliders. Our electric bill during Jul/Aug/Sep
runs less than US$80 per month including electric stove. During the year when we are not using the AC our electric bill is about US$60 per month.
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Pompano
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My mini-splits
From my previous post:
"Mini-Splits installed today
Today a family friend brought 2 very efficient technicians, Manny & Ernesto, from Loreto to install my 4-ton air conditioning system...the
mini-splits, as they are called. The duo accomplished the whole job in about 2 1/2 hours...it was amazing to watch as they quickly used their skills
to make a nice complete job.
The whole mini-split AC thing is really just like a heat pump install we use in our northern homes minus the heat function. The main unit is about 4
feet high by 4 feet wide by 1 1/2 feet wide and weighs around 250 lbs. The 3 inside cool-air dispersing units are connected with hose from the main
outside unit and have remote controls. They are stylish and unobstrusive..and will not mess up your wife's decor. We put one unit in the great room,
the second in the master bedroom, and the third in a guest room.
These are also very low energy units..using 220 power. Martin Miranda, our local electrician, is doing the power hookup.
Not nearly as expensive as I thought...and cheaper here than the units we put in at a lake home Up North. a good deal. Up North we paid that much for
a 2 ton model and did the main install ourselves."
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CortezBlue
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Denver
I just installed 2 of them in a Baltimore rowhouse. I sourced them through E-bay and installed/hung them myself.
When you say you installed them yourself? I am curious how the copper lines connect between the compressor and the coil?
Did you have to solder them your self or does it work differently?
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Curt63
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We have had several problems with our Samsung Split A/C unit.
No worries
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Stickers
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So would it be more desirable to have 4 separate 1 ton units or the 4 ton with 4 outlets?
BTW does anyone insulate their block home construction in Baja.
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