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Mini- Split Air Conditioning
The owners of my casa are considering putting in a mini-split in the bedroom, or maybe more depending on the price.
I saw an add in the GG about mini-splits for 5K pesos with installation included (with conditions?) at Home Depot.
Could you possibly provide comments about these things.
And do you know of prices and installation in the Todos Santos area ?
I need to come up with information to pass along to the owners and I am starting from a zero knowledge base.
You input is requested .
I live in a concrete block casa and would like to get some sleep at night.
Thanks,
CaboRon
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Ron, it might be cheaper if you stop at a local farmacia and pick up a bottle of HEMITARTRATE ZOLPIDEM, 10mg. and take one 15 minutes before bed time.
The best night's sleep you'll have since you were a baby.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by udowinkler
Ron, it might be cheaper if you stop at a local farmacia and pick up a bottle of HEMITARTRATE ZOLPIDEM, 10mg. and take one 15 minutes before bed time.
The best night's sleep you'll have since you were a baby. |
Udo,
Is this anything like Anthrax.  
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Ron,
Google for information and you will get tons of it.
Only advice I can give you, is to make sure you get ample tonnage, otherwise you will think that you/or your landlord waisted your money. An A/C man
in Sacramento once advised me to get 1 ton of air for every 500 cubic feet of space. Sounded excessive at the time, but have found out since, that
it's right on the button. Especially with the humidity here. I have 4 ton in my living quarters and 3 ton in my bedroom ( trane splits ) and can tell
you that it's all needed during our summers. And don't forget that you likely will have to run 220 electricity. Maybe a 2 ton wall unit should do the
trick.
Lot cheaper, but lots noisier.
[Edited on 8-10-2008 by vandenberg]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
| Quote: | Originally posted by udowinkler
Ron, it might be cheaper if you stop at a local farmacia and pick up a bottle of HEMITARTRATE ZOLPIDEM, 10mg. and take one 15 minutes before bed time.
The best night's sleep you'll have since you were a baby. |
Udo,
Is this anything like Anthrax. |
| Quote: |  I works the same manner as AMBIEN, and you don't even wake up to pee at 1
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Udo, How do you manage to get your reply into a quote box
Is there a trick to that.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Udo, How do you manage to get your reply into a quote box
Is there a trick to that. |
| Quote: | | Everyone on this board knows I'm not the go-to-guy when it comes to computers...that's Grover's title. But when I press the quote box on the nenu
board, a title box popped up. I noticed that when I typed in the title box, the bb cobe for quote came up. So I decided to start my replies with the
bb code: bracket-quote-bracket, wrote my reply, and finished the quote with another bracket/quote-bracket. I didn't bb code it in this context because
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I remodeled my condo last year and had the contractor put in 3 Trane mini splits - one for each bedroom and one for the living area. I don't know
what size they are, but they work terrific! The specs are all in Spanish and I think the size is in metric units. I do know that the two in the
bedrooms are smaller than the one in the living/dining/ kitchen area. I don't know what they cost, it was all part of a larger contract.
Would I do it again? You betcha! We use the one in the living area by day, and the one in the master bedroom at night. Very economical. They have
built in swinging louvers that sling cold air all over the room. Sometimes (seldom) they will drip water on the floor from condensation when it is
particularly humid - like yesterday, but I think it is because they are not quite adjusted properly. You will need 220.
We are very satisfied customers.
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Morgaine, my guess is I have one tons in the bedrooms and a two ton in the living area. I think the price of 24K pesos sounds about right with
installation and running 220.
BTW, the Tranes are almost completely silent. They come with handheld remotes for operation. You can run them in "fan only" mode too. The guy who
installed ours was a subcontractor from San Lucas.
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Morgaine and oxxo,
I also purchased my Trane units from Francisco Loubett, the dealer on Constitution in La Paz. Have known him for many years. Competitive and reliable.
Had them installed here in Loreto about 2 years ago by a local ( very good ) contractor. Oxxo, you stated that your unit ( the diffuser inside )
produces no condensation unless it's very humid? You mean the diffusers are not supplied with condensation lines to the outside? My living quarter
diffusers, 2 one ton and 1 two ton, produce roughly 6 gallons of water from 4 pm till 10 pm daily. Would hate to have that run down my tile floor.
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Thank You
Appreciate the dealer and price information.
Looking forward to cool evenings
CaboRon
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We have three Mitsubishi units(2 over 8 years old) and two Trane.
The Mitsubishi are much quieter than the Trane.
We have them serviced every year before it gets too hot.
Ron...clean the filters about once a month.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
We have three Mitsubishi units(2 over 8 years old) and two Trane.
The Mitsubishi are much quieter than the Trane.
We have them serviced every year before it gets too hot.
Ron...clean the filters about once a month. |
That is good news, as the agent said he is looking at a Mitsubishi unit .
Can only cross my fingers now and hope it is approved.
Am I mistaken, or do multiple units share a common compressor on the roof ?
CaboRon
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Each of my units has their own compressor
We have a 110 in our bedroom
All the rest are 220.
edit to correct grammar
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Am I mistaken, or do multiple units share a common compressor on the roof ?
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Mistaken,
It can come in one unit (casing), but each diffuser has its own compressor.
And they can be anywhere and are better off in a shady area.
Also important to keep the run from the compresor to the blower as short as possible.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboRon
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That is good news, as the agent said he is looking at a Mitsubishi unit .
Can only cross my fingers now and hope it is approved.
Am I mistaken, or do multiple units share a common compressor on the roof ?
CaboRon |
It depends on the manufacturer and the configuration you choose. Some of them have many options. We researched this a lot when we built. Ended up
going with LG and are very pleased, they are quiet, have lots of different settings and can cool down a bedroom that has been sealed up all day in a
heartbeat! As others have stated, don't short yourself on the tonnage, unit works more efficiently. We have a couple of splits sharing the same
compressor and the master bedroom is on its own compressor.
Good Luck!
Good Luck.
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Mitsubishis are supposed to be the Cadillacs of the mini splits. I have never heard one operate, but I can't imagine anything being more quiet than
our Tranes. Ours are almost silent, although I admit I'm deaf in my right ear. Say What?! Judy, who services your units for you?
You do want to get a unit with a high SEER number - like 18. They are more efficient and less expensive to operate, although a bit more expensive
upfront. I believe the promotional units at San Lucas Home Depot are low SEER, promotional units, but not sure.
With regards to condensation, we do have lines running to the exterior. It is just that a couple of times over the last year, we have had a quart of
water or so, drip onto the tile floor over a two or three hour period. It hasn't been enough of a bother to call the service man out. It happened
last Friday, but hasn't happened since. It happened just once last summer.
But hey, not to worry, life is good in Baja!
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"off the grid" Air Conditioning
Question to those with mini-splits.
If any are "off the grid", how big a generator are you using?
Thanks
Ken
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Everyone-- Thanks for the Thread
You've helped give me clarity as to what I need to keep a Casa Cool.
A mini-split or even two will be the finish to my river house when we complete the cleanup from Julio. The diffuser'll be placed high on the wall
near ceiling ('way above the water marks) with compressor on a small platform suspended from the eves of the roof outside in shade. If we get a
second unit, the compressor would be in the attic.
Questions: What is a SEER number and where is it displayed, along with the unit specs? Why keep the run from the compressor to the diffuser as short
as possible as they come with 15' hoses? Why is shade for the compressor better?
Thanks Everyone! We're still smiling
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SEER
SEER (seasonal energy efficiency ratio) measures how efficiently a residential central cooling system (air conditioner or heat pump) will operate over
an entire cooling season, as opposed to a single outdoor temperature. As with EER, a higher SEER reflects a more efficient cooling system. SEER is
calculated based on the total amount of cooling (in Btu) the system will provide over the entire season divided by the total number of watt-hours it
will consume:
seasonal Btu of cooling
___________________ =SEER
seasonal watt-hours used
By federal law, every central split cooling system manufactured in the U.S. today must have a seasonal energy efficiency ratio of at least 13.0.
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