OT: Air conditioner

I guess the through the wall system has one advantage, if you are out
of town, and no one will come
to fix it, you can at least remove it yourself and replace it, or take
it in for service.

Split system, you have to know about refrigeration and have the gear
if you are going to install it yourself.

On Jul 19, 4:42 pm, Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz> wrote:
On 2011-07-16, kreed <kenreed1...@gmail.com> wrote:

I guess the through the wall system has one advantage, if you are out
of town, and no one will come
to fix it, you can at least remove it yourself and replace it, or take
it in for service.

Split system, you have to know about refrigeration and have the gear
if you are going to install it yourself.

I've seen portable split systems, instead of copper pipes they use hoses
like automotive air con does,  probably leak like it too.


I think I have seen them, the pipes were enclosed in white plastic
sleeving.
Don't know if the 2 halves are in any way detachable by the consumer
without loss of refrigerant though.

On 2011-07-16, kreed <kenreed1...@gmail.com> wrote:

I guess the through the wall system has one advantage, if you are out
of town, and no one will come
to fix it, you can at least remove it yourself and replace it, or take
it in for service.

Split system, you have to know about refrigeration and have the gear
if you are going to install it yourself.

I've seen portable split systems, instead of copper pipes they use hoses
like automotive air con does,  probably leak like it too.

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One of mine has suffered some sort of leak from the condenser which now
makes a loud buzzing noise. Probably oil, I suppose. Anyway it looks
pretty terminal, and the thing is 10 years old, so I started calling to
get quotes to replace the entire unit.

So far, of the two companies I've been able to contact, one says they no
longer do residential work, and the other says the earliest they can
come is next Friday.

OK, so it's cold, and people will be calling about their broken reverse
cycle airconditioners - running it in heating mode is after all how I
found out that mine had a problem. Even so, I'm surprised at the lack of
people making a dash for my door. I'd have thought summer was the time
when airconditioning companys would be run off their feet.

Maybe I'll just use a fan heater and wait until October.

Sylvia.