Recent content by Kaizen

Finally broke down and sawed a 2 foot hole in my garage for an exhaust fan. I want to utilize the cool nights when its 60s and the insulated garage is 85. What say you on exterior flashing? I put a picture of the interior flashing where i will put a large amount of caulk before final...

The humidity is what kills us northern people. When i first put this minisplit in I put all my window ac's in the garage mezzanine just in case. I was close to pulling them but i'm back working thank goodness.

After closing the main ports I got a great vaccum and then cracked the low side a little let that go for a couple hours then repeated with theh high side for another three. For whatever reason it worked and held it under 450 for a couple hours. Getting it charged today. Think I'm looking...

Great. This one was a failure and not a reclaim. i will have to see if i find anything listed for my unit

Closed the king valves and vacuum is down below 400 presently. Going to keep it going for awhile. Assuming it holds under 500 then what? Just crack one king valve to see if it applies a larger vacuum to the oil ?

I'm more worried about it catching fire. After an hour even though its fan is running the oil chamber is hot. Can / should I run for an hour or two and then let it cool down or just push it to the max and kill it?

I have the yellow one.....CPS i think that i put right on the side of the schrader valve removal tool. No hoses. I verified its good by putting it right on the vaccum pump and took it down to below 100microns quickly. I thought about the hoses and put a different one on for the vacuum with...

It took me a few weeks to get the nitrogen. When it snapped I flared it and resecured it the next day. So if moisture in the oil will it come out with vacuum? I thought doing a tripple would remove any moisture. I just did another tripple and on the 2nd one i ran the pump for 45 min down to...

I think they are looking for "heat pump" as the system.

I installed an LG 32k 3 head minisplit 5 years ago. Zero issues till a few weeks back i got a low refrigerant code on the head unit, I have a sniffer so found the one fitting that had a small leak. Bubble tested and figured i would just retorque it. Minute i moved the fitting it blew. So...

ecopoxy. It was a fast set and I did not use it all over the door so that was not it. It sat for 4 days before i sanded it down and primed the door.

It was just one coat but the stuff was like painting with glue. Could have been too thick and it skimmed over or the paint itself had an issue. As i said above, days later i was able to scrape it off like it never cured. Came off ok with MEK and then eastwood restorer took it down to wood...

Definitly a paint issue. I have a paint refrigerator that keeps it above freezing in winter and I consolodated cans into those paint bags to save space. I thought it was tractor supply paint but i just went and scraped it off and even the flat part i could scrape off. I didnt think i ever...

The epoxy was just used to try and stabilize and fill the onion peeling I described. It was not used all over where I had this issue. It was cured and sanded before the oil primer was done. The center panel was mdo plywood. The cedar has been in my shop for a couple years and felt bone dry...

The primer was applied at 4pm and had over 12 hours. It was dry to the touch. I applied the paint at 7am and it was in shadow for about 2 hours so maybe. Just strange how the same setup on the center panel had no issues.