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foreveratiger
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@hobbo2803 said:
Yeah my mate that i played Golf with put my in as well , Where you live hobbo?
foreveratiger
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@hobbo2803 said:
gotta love Blue Mountains , great place did a fair bit of work down that area back in the day , you know your alive in Winter there . Love the cold there
foreveratiger
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hobbo they sound like a real pain in the arse , have you tried Flexible steel conduit , not cheap but neither is getting cable replaced every few months or Stainless Steel braid from an automotive shop works.
just Buy a Gun :laughing:
just Buy a Gun :laughing:
goldcoast_tiger
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Have always found a couple or even three split systems to be a better proposition money wise as you can only use what you want to use .
Way cheaper to install , and with the inverter systems available , relatively cheap to run , and they are quieter than ever and you only use what you want.
Zonings great , but while you can shut off some rooms , whenever the aircon is on you are still pushing the same size compressor.
I saw some massive bills , when I was doing the home power checks and the common denominator on ALL of them was ducted ( 3 phase units on most)
Way cheaper to install , and with the inverter systems available , relatively cheap to run , and they are quieter than ever and you only use what you want.
Zonings great , but while you can shut off some rooms , whenever the aircon is on you are still pushing the same size compressor.
I saw some massive bills , when I was doing the home power checks and the common denominator on ALL of them was ducted ( 3 phase units on most)
Only just saw this thread.
I'm a fridgy by trade, inverter systems are a bit kinder on your bills. As GCT has said, two or three split systems strategically located are the best bet.
Other than the power consumption split systems offer better serviceability in the sense that the indoor and outdoor units are generally very accessible and in close proximity to each other, less infrastructure in the sense that there's no duct or drip trays in the roof space to gather dust and leak everywhere. A lot of new units are designed to operate in up to 50°C ambient temperatures.
My 3 bedder is only 220m² and I have a 7kW single phase Actron splitty fitted. The hallway leads down the guts of the house and the splitty is on the rear wall and pushes the air down the hallway as well as feeding the open plan area at the back of the house, and the rear of house faces north. Open all the doors in the rooms and it fills the house with cool air in no time.
One thing I will say, be wary of older systems with R22 as the gas, as this gas is severely limited in supply to Australia now due to Montreal Protocols on CFC reduction. R22 is as dear as poison and if you have a leak, despite the systems having low gas charge (anywhere between 1-4kg for splittys,) R22 currently retails at about $110-120 a kilo trade price, and that's before the fridgy marks it up, which is usually a fairly hefty.
I'm a fridgy by trade, inverter systems are a bit kinder on your bills. As GCT has said, two or three split systems strategically located are the best bet.
Other than the power consumption split systems offer better serviceability in the sense that the indoor and outdoor units are generally very accessible and in close proximity to each other, less infrastructure in the sense that there's no duct or drip trays in the roof space to gather dust and leak everywhere. A lot of new units are designed to operate in up to 50°C ambient temperatures.
My 3 bedder is only 220m² and I have a 7kW single phase Actron splitty fitted. The hallway leads down the guts of the house and the splitty is on the rear wall and pushes the air down the hallway as well as feeding the open plan area at the back of the house, and the rear of house faces north. Open all the doors in the rooms and it fills the house with cool air in no time.
One thing I will say, be wary of older systems with R22 as the gas, as this gas is severely limited in supply to Australia now due to Montreal Protocols on CFC reduction. R22 is as dear as poison and if you have a leak, despite the systems having low gas charge (anywhere between 1-4kg for splittys,) R22 currently retails at about $110-120 a kilo trade price, and that's before the fridgy marks it up, which is usually a fairly hefty.
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good advice.
good advice.
Currently 34*, 60% humidity because we had rain last night and building up for another round this arvo. Last week 40*, 50% humidity. Not user friendly.
I don't mind the heat as long as I spend most of my day outside, but coming in and out of Air-con stuffs me. It's not the daytime temps as much as the high night temps 28* that get me. I usually don't turn the air-con on at all except to sleep at night.
We used to have ducted air throughout but cost an arm and a leg. Fortunately our landlord wanted to trial split systems and gave us the option. We now have splits throughout and it's a much better deal. We just use the air-cons we need for the room we're in. It has worked out much cheaper.
I don't mind the heat as long as I spend most of my day outside, but coming in and out of Air-con stuffs me. It's not the daytime temps as much as the high night temps 28* that get me. I usually don't turn the air-con on at all except to sleep at night.
We used to have ducted air throughout but cost an arm and a leg. Fortunately our landlord wanted to trial split systems and gave us the option. We now have splits throughout and it's a much better deal. We just use the air-cons we need for the room we're in. It has worked out much cheaper.
@NT Tiger said:
Hey NT wouldn't you save a fair bit by not having to use any heating in winter? That way you could spend more on cooling in the summer :stuck_out_tongue:
We've been channeling a bit of Darwin weather here this past week. Hot, sunny and humid days with big storms at night and dropping to only 21 overnight - just like the good old days :laughing:
happy_tiger
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@NT Tiger said:
Yeah I would totally second that NT
Having the heat and humidity at night is annoying
When it rarely drops below 25 degrees at night , its a bugger for sleeping
Definitely don't need heaters in winter although it has gotten down to eight degrees at night on a few occasions.
Channeling Darwin weather? Lucky you. I love the storms. We had a ripper here last night with lots of electricity. I love the big loud shows but Mum and daughter were not so impressed. I'm less keen on the nice sunny day after the storm that brings up the full humidity. Step out of the shower and towel off and you can't get dry. Ahh the build-up. Come on monsoon!
Channeling Darwin weather? Lucky you. I love the storms. We had a ripper here last night with lots of electricity. I love the big loud shows but Mum and daughter were not so impressed. I'm less keen on the nice sunny day after the storm that brings up the full humidity. Step out of the shower and towel off and you can't get dry. Ahh the build-up. Come on monsoon!
