Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Jehannum]

yeah, im really trying not to be myself and DIY this one.

Also, we need 6 heads, and that gets out of DIY range pretty quick. Apparently the multi-head systems are kinda a nightmare to work with.

You're a manager. Set milestones and deadlines, and take the proposal to @peanut and see if she'll agree.

A minisplit isn't rocket surgery, and at 1600 square feet, you're talking maybe 2 ton capacity (unless you're doing it in the wrong order and haven't insulated or weatherproofed yet). I'd personally do a 4 head and a 2 head, depending on how you're planning to lay out the system.

I've done a 2-head mini split on my friend's garage, it wasn't bad at all.

 

[Domon]

layout of the house makes it ugly. Open floor plan, yeah, itd be 2 12,000 BTU units. But the closed floor plan makes it 6 9k units

 

[ZRH]

layout of the house makes it ugly. Open floor plan, yeah, itd be 2 12,000 BTU units. But the closed floor plan makes it 6 9k units

Oof. Yeah I mostly saw them on duplexes with studio layouts.

Try calling W.L. Stanton for an estimate. They used to give decent estimates for our projects.

 

[Domon]

Oof. Yeah I mostly saw them on duplexes with studio layouts.

Try calling W.L. Stanton for an estimate. They used to give decent estimates for our projects.

thanks man, ill give em a shot.

 

[Jehannum]

Just put a medicine cabinet in the powder room and need a new light fixture as a consequence. I had my choice between "FOLKSMATE" and "SOLFART" and I think you guys know which one I bought.

 

[fly]

Our keezer isn't cooling. I can hear the compressor running. I can see ice forming on the 'unfinned' part of the coils, but that's it. I've swapped out the thermostat with one from a refrigerator, and put holes in the door. It's soul crushing to think I might have to rebuild the whole fucking thing.

 

[Domon]

Our keezer isn't cooling. I can hear the compressor running. I can see ice forming on the 'unfinned' part of the coils, but that's it. I've swapped out the thermostat with one from a refrigerator, and put holes in the door. It's soul crushing to think I might have to rebuild the whole fucking thing.

ohm out the compressor. http://www.davesrepair.com/DIYhelp/DIYcmprtest.htm

 

[ZRH]

ohm out the compressor. http://www.davesrepair.com/DIYhelp/DIYcmprtest.htm

Yeah but he said ice is forming. It sounds like the evap coils are dirty or it's low on coolant

 

[Mikeawesome]

or refrigerant leak

 

[fly]

Yeah but he said ice is forming. It sounds like the evap coils are dirty or it's low on coolant

Yeah, its weird? The coils have fins on them, but the only place on the coils that seem to be getting cold is like the 4" right before the fins start. And getting an honest appliance repair person (that wouldn't just say 'replace the whole thing') seems harder than landing on the moon.

 

[ZRH]

Yeah, its weird? The coils have fins on them, but the only place on the coils that seem to be getting cold is like the 4" right before the fins start. And getting an honest appliance repair person (that wouldn't just say 'replace the whole thing') seems harder than landing on the moon.

I'd make sure it's full on coolant. Might be hard if you don't have the tools. Then you might be losing coolant from a leak like Mike said so you'd still have to replace it.

If the fins are duper dirty just rinse them. It's messy but lots of the time simple answer is right.

 

[Jehannum]

I'd make sure it's full on coolant. Might be hard if you don't have the tools. Then you might be losing coolant from a leak like Mike said so you'd still have to replace it.

If the fins are duper dirty just rinse them. It's messy but lots of the time simple answer is right.

I've never seen a fridge with service ports before.

 

[ZRH]

I've never seen a fridge with service ports before.

Piercing valve. That's why I said you'd need the tools.

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www.grainger.com

Remember it's $20 for the tools, $500 for knowing wtf to do.

 

[fly]

Assuming its leak, how the fuck would I even find it.

 

[Jehannum]

Assuming its leak, how the fuck would I even find it.

In general, you'd introduce some refrigerant oil with dye into the system and then shine a UV light around to find where it leaked out of.

 

[ZRH]

In general, you'd introduce some refrigerant oil with dye into the system and then shine a UV light around to find where it leaked out of.

Yup

Seriously in all of Tampa you can't find an appliance repair place?

 

[fly]

In general, you'd introduce some refrigerant oil with dye into the system and then shine a UV light around to find where it leaked out of.

And then what in the fuck do you do? I'm assuming this above my paygrade?

 

[Jehannum]

And then what in the fuck do you do? I'm assuming this above my paygrade?

Then you fix the leak.

IDK what the service pressures are on your keezer, but there should be a pressure chart online. Up to about 150 PSI, I'd consider silver soldering tube, but if it's somewhere like the evaporator or condenser, probably easier to just find a new one of those and then solder it in.

 

[Jehannum]

Keep in mind, you're conversing with someone who currently has dog shit on his shoe.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

And then what in the fuck do you do? I'm assuming this above my paygrade?

Once you find the leak, you decide what you want to do. If its leaking somewhere on the condenser, thats kind of easy to replace. If its coming from a bolted together joint then its probably an o-ring. If its leaking cause the cooling fin array has a crack on it... I mean...
Welp.