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Hey guys im about to buy an a/c for my room the ducted air con is not cool enough for me. What kind of a/c do you guys have at home? what brands to go for, what price am i looking at with installations, and what would you recommend for my room? its about 8x13m. interested in reverse cycle split systems but any opinions would be good, i dont know anything about air cons ahahaa

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the ducted a/c works good but it makes me sticky, its not 'cold'. i just got back from a mates house and he has one of those that stick outside your window, DAM that thing is cold! but yeah how much should i be paying for a reverse cycle split system, with installations?

we have a evap air con it goes through ducts to each room of the house works alright but they fry motors and split belts in no time. cunnos have great delas on cheap aircons i was thinking of one of them a mate has one in his caravan typeplace and its better than the mitzi which he just brought and cost him a fair bit for.

na nothing wrong with cunno's i can ask my mate how much to install but you may need a sparkie to wire it up :P

Get a 4hp split system... compressor and all the noisy stuff stays outside and the vent/control unit stays inside so the noise is kept to a minimum. Those suckers work bloody nicely...

Dunno what brand cunnos have but I'd be going to harvey norman or radio rentals, one of those places that can usually hook u up with an installed cheap

-D

quiet often they look like this and are either branded fujita, aussie air and i think there is another one they all have toshiba compressors and are all good

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the good guys do good deals we buy a lot of electrical stuff from them :P

if you want quality ring and aircon place,they dont charge as much as think,itl cost u bout 500 bucks to get someone to install what u choose,then choose price u can spend. u need a 1.5 or 2hp model do fine for that area,we have a daiken invertor 6.5 hp split system and it costs nothing to run and does my whole 4br house,so they come in all sizes and never heard they break down,done heaps research before purchase

mitsubishi are really good too

reliable, freezing cold, usually a bit cheaper than the fujitsu etc. theyre well made units. forget the chinese ones. they dont even conform to their own specs.

a 2hp for a single room would do the trick

i have a 3.5 hp in the loungeroom and it reaches most of the house.

Whatever model you choose just make sure its an inverter model,they cost less,use less energy and tend to be a lot quiter in operation

The one i got at work is one of those LG inverter ones...

They are oh so quiet barely notice it being on

and they cool the room down in no time.....current temp in the room is 21.5 deg

At uni a guy done his thesis on inverter vs normal compressors for ac as he works for an AC company. It worked out if you run the AC flat out, normal is slightly better, but when the compressor does not have to work continuously, inverter is better by about 15% or so. He said for a regular house situation inverter is the way to go.

thanks for the info Alex

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I'm looking for an inverter model at a good price to do a small unit in Walkerville.......the area is about 20 - 25 square metres.

Already done a bit of homework and found that "Good Guys" have 1.5hp split units in Mitsubishi, Panasonic & Fujitsu for approx $1000.

I'm hoping 1.5 hp is enough to do such an area.......anyone have any better prices or ideas?

Try this Pete

http://fairair.com.au/Calculator.Size.aspx

hrm, thats pretty comprehensive.

maybe this:

http://www.aircondirect.com.au/ac_direct/pages/HeatLoad.jsp

then, to convert from kW to Hp multiply by 1.34

surprised no one has mentioned running costs. Evap/ducted is about 10-12c per hour to run where as the on the wall small units are approx 50-70c per hour.

Ryan

hmm, yeah I agree the evap is miles ahead where the pocket's concerned but not comfort.......evaps are pretty useless between Feb to Sep (ie humidity & no heating).

Try this Pete

http://fairair.com.au/Calculator.Size.aspx

hrm, thats pretty comprehensive.

maybe this:

http://www.aircondirect.com.au/ac_direct/pages/HeatLoad.jsp

then, to convert from kW to Hp multiply by 1.34

2nd link is brilliant...even suggested the air conds mentioned above.

I found the 1st link varied drastically depending on the info input for windows......good find bud :)

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