Recent content by ratflinger

You probably can buy another used fridge cheaper than the repair bill.

Single point of failure - install 2 separate units. Maybe 12k & 9k.

Midea makes a bunch too, but it's not in the style of most of theirs. 2 tons for $824 is pretty cheap, maybe they are dumping the last of their R410 units.

Ladders are dangerous. I'm glad you were not hurt more than you were. Take the time to get well, knee injuries can be a *****.

Dad built ours out of regular lumber, lasted for years. However, lumber was better back then.

Your HVAC guy seems like the way to go. When you sell the place you can mention that the AC is only X years old.

You need a Manual J to determine the AC size. Contractors spitting numbers are not someone you want to use. There are Manual J programs on the web. For a small fee they are quite accurate.

Why? There's not actually that many companies making these units. Possible they are made by the same company. Medea does a lot of private label work. I have no knowledge on the quality of the products mentioned.

Pioneer system has an Auto mode (maybe they all do). Is there a downside to letting these units run in Auto mode to maintain a set point? The units are in my house, which is a well sealed, insulated concrete form build. The ICF build helps keep the house from rapidly change temperature, so I...

When I worked for a medical OEM we used ETL & CSA for all of our testing. We sold world-wide.

Well I'll play

I was going to say to call Ampex, but looking at their website there doesn't seem to be a support line. Guess you'll have to depend upon the dealer for these questions.

I've had both, currently a 4-poster. There is nothing that one can do on a 2-poster that can't be done on a 4-poster. Besides, the 4-poster does not need to be anchored. If you are married to the 2-post then a 3/8" cut in a 12" pour is nothing, anchor it an quit worrying over nothing.

You can buy Starlink products at Best Buy now. I'd go with them vs. anybody else's satellite product. At least Elon delivers. I had Starlink for about 3 years until they laid fiber to my house. If there was no fiber I'd go right back to Starlink.

Sure, happy to play.