Home Office Projects Series: Air conditioner setup
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Home Office Projects Series: Air conditioner setup
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#2I like that the schematics are included on the air conditioner. I have a few older appliances like this that have it, and it has helped me a few times replacing/diagnosing parts.
I laughed a bit where he explains about "Humidity" and the temperature. I know Americans are fat and lazy and love our AC's, but if you spend any time on the east coast, it's a giant swamp. Life is pretty insufferable without an AC when you are sitting inside all day working - and newer buildings are not designed with passive cooling in mind. I'd like to thank my forerunners for sucking it up but I basically keep my 3 window unit AC's on from June-Sept in Philadelphia.
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#3Is this really specific to Japanese air conditioners? Or is this really about mini-split ac that are manufactured around the world under many companies.
I don't see whats specifically Japanese outside of the person using Panasonic and is in Japan.
The person could be in the USA with Mrcool mini split, it would be a similar article.
Edit: title has been changed to remove mention of Japan, so my nitpick may no longer valid:)
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#4Where are the refrigerant lines, how did they run them from compressor to evaporator?, I thought the biggest issue with AC self install is filling the refrigerant and sealing those lines.
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#5What I’d like to know is how they safely pipe gas to all apartments given the occurrence of earthquakes. Does the main valve auto shut off in the event of tremors above M3 of something?
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#6I also live in Japan, and recently bought 3 new air conditioners, but my instinct was the opposite: forego anything "smart".
For tech like that I want it to be as dumb as possible so that there are less things that can go wrong with it. As a bonus the dumb ones are much cheaper as well.
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#7I like that the schematics are included on the air conditioner. I have a few older appliances like this that have it, and it has helped me a few times replacing/diagnosing parts. I laughed a bit where he explains about "Humidity" and the temperature. I know Americans are fat and lazy and love our AC's, but if you spend any time on the east coast, it's a giant swamp. Life is pretty insufferable without an AC when you…
In Louisiana and Arkansas (probably several other states), the temperature can get over 100 Farenheit with super high humidity. This leads to "swamp @$$" without copious amounts of AC. Being comfortable requires AC in the home, car, and at work.
In highschool gym class we would just sit in the shade under the bleachers during the summer (too hot to do anything) and be dripping sweat everywhere back in class. It was miserable.
It's just so miserable during the summer. The downside is that I'm only used to temperatures between 69 and 74 Farenheit, so I would be miserable in some place like Germany where they just live with the heat for a few weeks each year. I rented a house in Portland once without AC and it was during a heat wave. I'd douse myself in cold water, sit under the fan, and get very little sleep.
A hurricane just hit Louisiana and the grid damage has been extensive (worst on record) so no power or AC. My mother's house is 85 degrees inside at night so she's sleeping in her office which is in a nearby town with power. I haven't seen the numbers yet, but typically a lot of elderly people die in these conditions without AC.
The hurricane hit last Thursday I think and these are the current outages still in effect. Normally we would have power again in a couple of days in most non rural areas. The fact that it's been a full week and could be out for two more weeks is just unheard of.
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#8Is this really specific to Japanese air conditioners? Or is this really about mini-split ac that are manufactured around the world under many companies. I don't see whats specifically Japanese outside of the person using Panasonic and is in Japan. The person could be in the USA with Mrcool mini split, it would be a similar article. Edit: title has been changed to remove mention of Japan, so my nitpick may no longer v…
He uses the Echonet Lite protocol[1] and says that it is a home automation protocol used in Japan. So that whole second part is Japan specific. I agree that the rest probably isn't.
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#9Should've bought Daikin A/C's - their network bridges speak HTTP with a simple REST service. Highly recommend, it was very easy to integrate them into my home automation setup.
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#10Should've bought Daikin A/C's - their network bridges speak HTTP with a simple REST service. Highly recommend, it was very easy to integrate them into my home automation setup.
I have already one Panasonic AC, so mixing them didn't feel right. Plus I have few extra Echonet Lite devices in home so it would be easier for my case.