Finally got the AC (mini-split)

[Vintage Veloce]

A giant Christmas present to myself... A Fujitsu 15RLS3Y Mini-Split for the garage. It finally occurred to us that we could put the outdoor unit high on the wall above our rolling gate on the back side of the garage. And we ran the piping through our attic to get to it, about 50 feet from the indoor to the outdoor unit. The installer was cool and took my detailed direction well ;-)
Lifting it up there wasn't easy, but we got it up there. He used a crank lift in the bed of his pickup truck to get enough height.

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It's quite a luxury, but will be fantastic in the summer.

 

[Climatecreator]

Nice

Good choice. Love Fujitsu.

Enjoy!

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[Git]

Looks good and I bet it will feel even better

That pic sure brings back the memories - I had to get mine up there by myself. I used a couple of ladders with an aluminum plank and took it a step at a time. One side, then the other, repeat. Got into final position with a couple of motorcycle jacks. wew, glad when it was over

 

[bobbyjean]

nice...installed a few of those 15rls units in open floor plans with great results-really worked well for both heating and cooling...enjoy

 

[Vintage Veloce]

So... the installer put this mystery disconnect in, and I forgot to ask him about it.
I'm pretty sure you just pull it out to disconnect it.
But why does it have "OFF" printed upside down? Can you install the "pullout" upside down to keep it off?

 

[Git]

Yes - you pull it out to disconnect the circuit and if you can rotate it 180 degrees and put it back in to store it, and it will show OFF (the blades in the back of the pullout won't make contact with the terminals

 

[Vintage Veloce]

Thanks Git! That was my guess but I didn't want to bother testing it. I''d likely avoid getting the ladder and just use the breaker in the garage.

 

[peter2772000]

May I ask what the reason was to mount it up that high? You can still see it, and service is now a pita?

Of course, I'm looking at it from a service tech's point of view...

 

[Vintage Veloce]

There is a rolling gate that goes under it that you can see in the picture. Thus it had to be above the gate.

 

[peter2772000]

Darn good reason LOL

 

[rlitman]

Nice unit. Perhaps I'm missing something, but how does the condensate drain? Is there a lift pump on the interior unit? Will the wall mounted exterior unit just drip when it's in heating mode?

 

[Vintage Veloce]

Inside unit is about 25 feet away from the outside unit, so you can't see it's drain in the outside picture. The inside unit has a line that goes straight through the wall and then down to the ground. No pump that I know of. Will the outside unit drip? I thought the only condensation line was from the indoor unit.

 

[Trey T]

clean installs

 

[rlitman]

Inside unit is about 25 feet away from the outside unit, so you can't see it's drain in the outside picture. The inside unit has a line that goes straight through the wall and then down to the ground. No pump that I know of. Will the outside unit drip? I thought the only condensation line was from the indoor unit.

In cooling mode, only the inside drips. Ok, so the drain goes straight out, but the lineset heads up the wall first. I was kind of figuring that, but it wasn't obvious, so I had to ask. That's the setup I have on my basement mini split too.

If you have a unit that heats (neither of my two mini splits do), then the outside unit may condense when heating.

 

[Vintage Veloce]

You have that correct, only the lineset goes up to the attic, the drain goes straight out.

It will be used for heat, on rare occasions here in San Diego. I looked in the manual, and looks like it is intended to just drip out of 3 holes in the bottom of the unit. In my location, that will result in it dripping on the concrete edge of the alley between the gate and my garage; I think that is acceptable. If it looks like a particularly sloppy drip, I'll add some kind of drain there, as shown in the installation manual.
Thanks for the tip!

 

[justinjoyal]

The condenser looks very close to the wall.

Why not mount it further out on the brackets?

 

[Vintage Veloce]

The condenser looks very close to the wall.

Why not mount it further out on the brackets?

Spec says 4", and we are at 4-1/2. The further it sticks out, the more chance of damage. (The unit hangs out into the alley.) I intend to hacksaw the extra bracket length too.

 

[Fixin'Stuff]

I''d likely avoid getting the ladder and just use the breaker in the garage.

The disconnect is required by code. It allows a repair person to KNOW that the power will stay off while working inside the unit. People get injured or killed every year when they turn off the breaker and then someone that doesn't know about the repair comes in, the room is uncomfortable and they notice the system has no power. Aha! They find the breaker in the off position, assume that it tripped and flip it back on. Bad news for the person touching bare wires outside...

 

[justinjoyal]

Spec says 4", and we are at 4-1/2. The further it sticks out, the more chance of damage. (The unit hangs out into the alley.) I intend to hacksaw the extra bracket length too.

I’m surprised the manufacturer calls for only 4in ! That’s great!

 

[Vintage Veloce]

After watching the electric company bring their giant tree trimming truck through the alley, I decided I'd better shorten the legs on the rack. I hacksawed about 3" off of the support legs and painted the tips yellow. Those tips are about 6" inside my property line. Then I added some reflective tape that I had left over from another project...
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Well, now at least there are no excuses if someone clips it. "I wonder if my home insurance would cover that?)

 

[PoorOwner]

Nice install. I had put mine on elevated stand outside, sometimes I wished I wall mounted my units.

How big is the garage ?

 

[Vintage Veloce]

525 sq ft

 

[Cairo94507]

We are just installing a 24K BTU mini-split in my 3-car garage, approx. 650 sq. ft. I got it from Home Depot on sale. Since we are doing a full garage remodel we had the walls open and all of the lines will run in the walls for a clean look. Here it is sitting on the wall. The garage will be taped and textured of course.

Sorry the picture is posting sideways.