Makeit go Right
03-07-2014, 12:00 PM
I find it quite remarkable that with R22 about to die a full death in 5 months that the two up-market brands -- their distributors -- are so flatfooted on replacement technology kit.
The manufacturers have gone to great lengths to design the equipment that would operate with the olde R22 pipework (yes no burn-outs… yes, pipework thick enough, etc etc) and the kit is supposed to be sold.
I called one of the main distributors of Mitsi Electric -- kit that I know is good for replacement tech -- and the salesman tells me only their supersonic Power Inverter is good for replacement tech. All the rest is not replacement tech. After some disputing with him and him checking with other sages he discovers that standard inverters, mr Slim, and M-series are all replacement tech. Big surprise.
Okay, Try Daikin. My usual distributor does not know what I am talking about with the term “replacement tech” and even sounds flaking on reusing R22 pipework – thinks I want to run the new R410a kit with R22 refrigerant running around the system .... not a clue basically. Offers the cheapo Siesta Kit – Well, is that suitable for use on R22 pipework? YES, but I will just check with Daikin. Comes back, well, NO, the Siesta is no good for R22 replacement.
I tried the largest distributor of Daikin kit and they tell me that ‘as a rule we do not recommend reusing r22 pipework’. Great, well, fine but which Daikin kit is good for replacement (I don’t really give a flying whatsit about your own opinions)?
None of it is recommended for replacement – we do not recommend…..
Now I know Daikin have spent some time and money on replacement kit design and I have replaced 10kw systems several times (after complying with their dos and don’ts chart). So I know that at least some of the range is good for replacement tech. What about the smaller stuff (other than the Siesta thing)? “We do not recommend …..”
It is a hard fight to get some sense from their distributors on this subject. And very strange that the manufacturers design the kit and these distributors know very little about it and some don't want to sell it, even.
So, here we are, with just 5 months left, and these sales types know very little about replacing R22 systems.
The manufacturers have gone to great lengths to design the equipment that would operate with the olde R22 pipework (yes no burn-outs… yes, pipework thick enough, etc etc) and the kit is supposed to be sold.
I called one of the main distributors of Mitsi Electric -- kit that I know is good for replacement tech -- and the salesman tells me only their supersonic Power Inverter is good for replacement tech. All the rest is not replacement tech. After some disputing with him and him checking with other sages he discovers that standard inverters, mr Slim, and M-series are all replacement tech. Big surprise.
Okay, Try Daikin. My usual distributor does not know what I am talking about with the term “replacement tech” and even sounds flaking on reusing R22 pipework – thinks I want to run the new R410a kit with R22 refrigerant running around the system .... not a clue basically. Offers the cheapo Siesta Kit – Well, is that suitable for use on R22 pipework? YES, but I will just check with Daikin. Comes back, well, NO, the Siesta is no good for R22 replacement.
I tried the largest distributor of Daikin kit and they tell me that ‘as a rule we do not recommend reusing r22 pipework’. Great, well, fine but which Daikin kit is good for replacement (I don’t really give a flying whatsit about your own opinions)?
None of it is recommended for replacement – we do not recommend…..
Now I know Daikin have spent some time and money on replacement kit design and I have replaced 10kw systems several times (after complying with their dos and don’ts chart). So I know that at least some of the range is good for replacement tech. What about the smaller stuff (other than the Siesta thing)? “We do not recommend …..”
It is a hard fight to get some sense from their distributors on this subject. And very strange that the manufacturers design the kit and these distributors know very little about it and some don't want to sell it, even.
So, here we are, with just 5 months left, and these sales types know very little about replacing R22 systems.