Mini-split AC system

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   I bought a Mr Cool DIY 24K BTU Mini-Split to cool/heat my 3 Car garage/shop.  It's about the best investment i ever made for the shop (I live in Texas)- I now spend much more time working on my project, plus the humidity is controlled which helps with keeping the sheet metal from surface rusting between repair and sealing.  Can control unit from smart phone.  It's an outstanding unit.  My wife is pissed- she says my shop is more comfortable than our home!
I too experienced the drain tube getting grungy.  My unit had a tube extension connection about one foot from the unit so it was a convenient point to disconnect to service the tube.  I would fill a bucket full of hot water and some bleach.  I connected the tube to one side of a drill operated pump and the other into the bucket.  I ran the drill for 5 minutes running that hot water through the drain tube- it cleaned on all the junk real well.  

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LouB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Apprentice Joined: Jan/01/2019 Location: Colleyville, TX Status: Offline Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote LouB Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: Mini-split AC system Posted: Jan/02/2021 at 10:09am
	I bought a Mr Cool DIY 24K BTU Mini-Split to cool/heat my 3 Car garage/shop. It's about the best investment i ever made for the shop (I live in Texas)- I now spend much more time working on my project, plus the humidity is controlled which helps with keeping the sheet metal from surface rusting between repair and sealing. Can control unit from smart phone. It's an outstanding unit. My wife is pissed- she says my shop is more comfortable than our home! I too experienced the drain tube getting grungy. My unit had a tube extension connection about one foot from the unit so it was a convenient point to disconnect to service the tube. I would fill a bucket full of hot water and some bleach. I connected the tube to one side of a drill operated pump and the other into the bucket. I ran the drill for 5 minutes running that hot water through the drain tube- it cleaned on all the junk real well.

DetroitAMX Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Apprentice Joined: Jan/01/2019 Location: Detroit, mi Status: Offline Points: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote DetroitAMX Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan/18/2019 at 12:18am
	Been looking at a cooling unit for my shop here in Detroit. How would you say they function as a 'Air Conditioner' air cooling unit?

billd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Forum Administrator Joined: Jun/27/2007 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 30894	Post Options Post Reply Quote billd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Dec/05/2017 at 10:16pm
	It's amazing how many things - including AC units of all sorts - you find mold in or on. It's in the condensate lines of most AC units, anything that has moisture for any great length of time. Clean out the workings of your refrigerator......... dishwasher, etc. and you'll find disgusting slime/mold/black gunk that is actually mold. I hate dealing with window air units and air handlers for heat pumps, evaporator areas of central AC - i wear a mask and gloves. MOLD in most cases. Awfully hard to get around it without frequent cleaning. In our area we even get MOLD on the ground in the summer because it's so humid. It smells bad at times. Use a weed killer and you'll find the dead weeds are masses of slime a few weeks later - not dried up and crumbled away. At least now I don't have junk growing on car seats and book covers in my shop.
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BDCVG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Dec/19/2007 Location: Endless Mtns. Status: Offline Points: 993	Post Options Post Reply Quote BDCVG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Dec/05/2017 at 9:59pm
	Used to love My Mitsu ac units, until I took one apart and saw how much mold was on the barrel shaped fan.
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70MarkDonohue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/09/2007 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 1912	Post Options Post Reply Quote 70MarkDonohue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct/15/2017 at 9:34am
	Loading up to go down to Orange TX. Still trying to find a room to stay in.

70MarkDonohue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/09/2007 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 1912	Post Options Post Reply Quote 70MarkDonohue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct/02/2017 at 6:59pm
	In a couple weeks going down to Orange TX to install two 4 ton Fujitsu with four 2 ton indoor coils. For some people that got flooded out.

70MarkDonohue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/09/2007 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 1912	Post Options Post Reply Quote 70MarkDonohue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/24/2017 at 8:25pm
	Going down to Baton Rouge Louisiana to install a Fujitsu unit 4 Ton with two 2 ton indoor coils. And a 10 ton unit to cool hydraulic fluid.

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	Bill Maybe you should should billd a still so you can distill your own water "water"
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billd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Forum Administrator Joined: Jun/27/2007 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 30894	Post Options Post Reply Quote billd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/12/2017 at 9:33pm
	hahaha - good one, thanks. I love it...... but it's jam-packed wall-to-wall now with projects, cars and equipment (until I get the Eagle wagon sold and the SX4 project done (which is a year over-due already) I'm having to use my engine bench for the plating tanks and supplies and the electric/alternator bench is doubling for other projects. At least it IS staying cooler in there. And this week it's supposed to get back into the 90s again so it'll be kicking in again. So far I've hardly noticed the impact on the electric bill. It takes little to operate it. I was hoping to collect the water (condensate) from it to use for my plating and cleaning purposes but after a few days the jugs I put the water into ends up with pretty colored and white stuff floating around in them. DANG. I go through a ton of water - and need distilled water as much as possible. I guess stuff in the air gets into that - mold spores and so on - and maybe the light that gets into the jugs does it, or maybe it would anyway. ODD as heck, the jug I use to collect the water in never gets anything growing in it, even if I don't collect the water for two or three days. I wonder why? The system is quiet - it's not easy to tell when it's running.
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texasamx Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Apprentice Joined: Apr/07/2010 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote texasamx Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/12/2017 at 4:43pm
	Now that's 1 cool looking shop ( both ways )