AC Installation

The air-conditioning was up yesterday. Had a tough time deciding the best places to fix up the blowers. Some key factors that you can take note of:

1. Choose places to minimise the amount of thick and unsightly trunking needed

2. Try not to place them above electronics in case of leaking (My current aircon drips like nobody's business)
3. Try to place them directly where you would prefer the aircon most frequently (eg. opp the sofa and bed)

Found 2 minus points. The unit in the guestroom had trunking on 2 sides of the wall, might affect our decision for the wardrobe. Another negative point was that we realise that hdb doesnt do a very good job with levelling the ceiling. I found the blower in the MBR to be slanted, but after consulting the installer, we both realise that it was the ceiling that was slanted, not the blower. But we could not do anything about it since the blower had to be exactly upright from ground level to maintain equilibrium in the water level of the blower.

The Guestroom's aircon looks the best as we have the trunking covered.

Aircon in MBR.

Aircon in the Living Room

Advertising wins our vote for the Aircon

After weeks of research and browsing, we finally bought our aircon, a Mitsubishi Inverter System 3 from Gain City. Hope our decision wasnt caused by subliminal marketing messages residing in our heads planted by Mr Jack N** :)

Lots of issues to tangle with in the purchase of the aircon unit.
1. How many blower units?
2. Inverter vs non-inverter?
3. Brand?
4. Retailer to buy from?

Our final shortlist included Panasonic and Toshiba. Prices were all roughly in the same range. Mitsubishi was strongly recommended by family and friends (must be those subliminal messages again!!). Strong branding, readily available parts and easy servicing were its plus points ("easy to clean you know ..... just clean here and clean there...!")

We liked Panasonic for its 'cool' blower design and sleek silver colour. Its technology was also the newest (e-ions and stuff....) with the new units just launched recently. But since when did updated technology matter in aircons.... They were just suppose to give out cool air without leaking and breaking down all the time!

Toshiba was also a strong contender due to its "Genuinely made in Japan" selling point and good reputation for aircons. But i checked with the salesperson and asked if they could give free extended warranty since the units were made in Japan and could not possibly break down, and that the warranty wouldnt matter anyway then.....

So there you go, the elimination process resulted in Mit the winner. Here's hoping the installation goes well.