After bragging about having AC in the shop Ol' Trusty, of course, bit the dust. It didn't owe us anything as we first bought it 15 years ago as the first AC unit for ME's music studio. When it turned out to be too noisy (noise is a big thing in a music studio) we repurposed it to the shop and put in a mini split for the studio. It's just too hot and humid here to work without AC so I hopped on the computer and turned up the locally available candidates.
I wanted all the cooling I could get and didn't need the heating capability and I turned up 2 candidates - a GE made in China and a Toshiba made (probably) in Japan. It might be made in Thailand but couldn't find a way to tell which. Anyhow.....I went with the Toshiba. Getting it up and over the workbench by myself was a real trick but between the cherry picker and the port-a-power I get 'er done. If it wasn't the Covid thing I could have asked my neighbor to help but things are what they are right now. I had to open up the wall another 1 1/2" as this guy is taller than the old Maytag. Not easy in a steel building but I get 'er done.
Anyhow, this sucker kicks butt with 18K BTUs - I think the old one was 12,500. It's also WAY quieter. Sorry I had to do this but glad I did.
Dan
I wanted all the cooling I could get and didn't need the heating capability and I turned up 2 candidates - a GE made in China and a Toshiba made (probably) in Japan. It might be made in Thailand but couldn't find a way to tell which. Anyhow.....I went with the Toshiba. Getting it up and over the workbench by myself was a real trick but between the cherry picker and the port-a-power I get 'er done. If it wasn't the Covid thing I could have asked my neighbor to help but things are what they are right now. I had to open up the wall another 1 1/2" as this guy is taller than the old Maytag. Not easy in a steel building but I get 'er done.
Anyhow, this sucker kicks butt with 18K BTUs - I think the old one was 12,500. It's also WAY quieter. Sorry I had to do this but glad I did.
Dan
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