<div><div>If you search hard enough, there are a few that look slightly better than the oval retangular look of most of them. Those look like a flat box that slides open when operating but I felt just more moving parts to break. You also pay a noticeably higher price too.</div><div><br/></div><div>I have a Mitsubishi unit. It has the oscillating vents and they work fine. I did not get to place the inside unit in the middle of the wall where I wanted due to outside real estate and a fence, but it doesn't seem to matter. It can cool the room from f'ing hot to tolerable in about 15-30 minutes. The remote has a timer where I can set it to start at a certain time if I want, but I have the central AC on a smart/remote thermostat with a schedule instead. Alexa also has a routine to ensure central AC set to 'Away' in case I override the schedule and forget in the morning. </div><div><br/></div><div>B</div><div><font style="color:#333333"><i>Sent from my brick phone</i></font></div></div><div class="elided-text">On Jul 2, 2019 17:24, Scott Hall via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:<br type='attribution'><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ben,<div><br /></div><div>This is exactly my interest in a mini-split--I can keep the master bedroom cool and the rest of the house at 75 degrees. As far as warranties, I'm about to have to replace a four year-old central a/c system on my dime still very much under warranty and installed by a professional...so I'm failing to see the value in warranties right now.</div><div><br /></div><div>The only issue I'll have with a mini-split, besides that the outdoor unit will be hanging twenty feet in the air is that the indoor unit isn't meeting the aesthetic requirements imposed.</div><div><br /></div><div>I mean, she's right--it is kind of ugly, but being able to keep the master bedroom at 65 degrees for cheap has a beauty all its own.</div><div><br /></div><div>Scott</div></div><br /><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 3:42 PM Battmain battmain via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex"><div><div>I did a mini split unit for my master bedroom. The hardest part was getting through the 12" poured concrete at the base of the roof to run the lines outside. A rented hammer chisel took about 2hrs and a lot of cussing. I love the unit though and so does my wallet. The central AC does not have to be set as cold and the mini split runs when I am in the room. The online electrical stats show the unit pulling less power than my toaster oven most of the time.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are quite a few calculators out in the web to help with sizing, but consider also the dual or triple output units instead of just a single output. That way if one can't cool the space, you can use the others to help. These things are so efficient I was considering ripping out the central AC I just put in and adding one to each space in the house. Install was relatively easy other than the concrete part and was a much easier than the central AC install. </div><div><br /></div><div>B</div><div><font style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 )"><i>Sent from my brick phone</i></font></div></div><div>On Jul 2, 2019 12:11, Benjamin Zwissler via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br /><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Anyone installed a mini-split AC system in their shop? It looks like its effective and can save a bunch of money if you do it yourself. My problem is sizing it. I've got about 1000 sq ft (35 x 28) with 17' ceilings. Two insulated overhead doors (12x14 and 10x10). The shop is reasonably well insulated (mostly) and I'm in southern Indiana (often low-mid 90's and humid). I'd probably put it midway up the wall and have it blow out into the bays.<div><br /></div><div>I'm considering buying an initial 2 or 3 ton unit and then I can add one if its not enough. I'm also wondering whether those of you who have AC run it all the time or only when you're in the shop?</div><div><br /></div><div>Suggestions?</div><div><br /></div><div>Ben.....<br clear="all" /><div><br /></div>-- <br /><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Ben Zwissler<br /></div><a href="mailto:bjzwissler@gmail.com">bjzwissler@gmail.com</a><br /></div>Columbus, IN<br /></div></div></div></div>
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