It will be quite expensive if you want to disconnect the head units and remove them.
Sounds like a good man. We are fortunate to have a similar family operation here. His business is small and wants to keep it that was so that he has a life too. His son now assists with the larger installs. I got him started on installing mini-splits around 2006 and he's done a lot of them since. Never charges a dime when he comes out to check our system in spite of me asking him for the bill.I read somewhere that somebody charged $300 for the service that I'm requesting. Pretty vague, right? ;-)
This guy is the installer who did my main system last December. You really don't meet many people like him. I've checked Youtube and there is a way to take off just enough stuff to get the scroll fan out. But all the films are Mitsubishi and not Panasonic.
I have enough respect for this guy that if he says tear it all out and start over I won't bat an eye.
Sounds like a good man. We are fortunate to have a similar family operation here. His business is small and wants to keep it that was so that he has a life too. His son now assists with the larger installs. I got him started on installing mini-splits around 2006 and he's done a lot of them since. Never charges a dime when he comes out to check our system in spite of me asking him for the bill.
If my hearing aid is in telecoil mode ( used in theaters) it buzzes like crazy when I start my volt
Thanks for posting that, Soundchasm! I’m going to have to pull apart my minisplit heads, and see how they look. One is in a music studio that is kept conditioned 24/7/365, due to acoustic instruments stored in there, but only actually used a few evenings per month. Since the room stays so clean, I suspect it’s clean. Then the other two are in my work shop, which is quite dusty with sawdust and such, so I have the pre-filters on those units.
My traditional outdoor units look like yours with the louvered covers removed, just fins covered with a cage. I blow them off with the handheld leaf blower after each mowing (at least once per week), so they stay much cleaner than yours. Never any grass or anything on them, like I see in that photo you posted. I assumed you guys meant a little invisible dust between the fins on the condenser coil, which is still possible on mine, but there is no visible dirt.
On sizing, I think my traditional units are both 5 - 6 tons each, and my mini splits are 1 ton for the studio and 3 ton for the shop. I’d have to check the name plates on the traditional units to confirm that, one is physically much bigger (but older) than the other.
shut off the air cond when mowing or rakingMy mind is blown at the thought of a perpetually clean outside unit!! ;-)
Your blower is easy to access in most cars. Some have air filters. Check there first.soundchasm you must have been feeling sick when they were running. nice job. a short funny story i had my car air cond on and would get a little mold smell followed by a stuffed nose. with no way to get at the coil i turned the air cond on then dumped a large can of spray Lysol in the intake vent it worked great but the cars roof headliner fell off about a week later.
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