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Mr. Slim Ductless heating and airconditioning John A Reichert 12-09-2006
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Posted by John A Reichert on December 9, 2006, 9:06 am
Does anyone have experience with Mr. Slim, a unit made by Mitsubishi
Electric used for heating and cooling small areas? This a ductless unit. I
want to supplement the heating and cooling in a kitchen. The Kitchen is
over a crawlspace and the longest distance from the central cooling/heating
unit. The kitchen faces the west and northwest direction. Complete windows
in that direction. The room is cool in the winter and warmer than desired in
the summer. To have the kitchen comfortable in the winter, the entire house
temperature would need to be increased or just the opposite in the summer.

Thanks
John



Posted by DT on December 9, 2006, 9:20 am

>Does anyone have experience with Mr. Slim, a unit made by Mitsubishi
>Electric used for heating and cooling small areas? This a ductless unit. I
>want to supplement the heating and cooling in a kitchen. The Kitchen is
>over a crawlspace and the longest distance from the central cooling/heating
>unit. The kitchen faces the west and northwest direction. Complete windows
>in that direction. The room is cool in the winter and warmer than desired in
>the summer. To have the kitchen comfortable in the winter, the entire house
>temperature would need to be increased or just the opposite in the summer.
>


I have installed a different brand ductless mini-split in my home and am happy
with it. Not sure what you mean by a 'small area', the smallest mini splits are
9000 BTUs and designed to heat/cool over 400 square feet by themselves. You are
proposing to use it to supplement an existing system, possibly in a smaller
area, so it isn't going to run very often.

The Mr. Slim units are among the most expensive on the market, about double the
cost of similar units. They may be worth the extra cost, I don't know.


--
Dennis


Posted by Art on December 9, 2006, 12:26 pm
John A Reichert wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with Mr. Slim, a unit made by Mitsubishi
> Electric used for heating and cooling small areas? This a ductless unit. I
> want to supplement the heating and cooling in a kitchen. The Kitchen is
> over a crawlspace and the longest distance from the central cooling/heating
> unit. The kitchen faces the west and northwest direction. Complete windows
> in that direction. The room is cool in the winter and warmer than desired in
> the summer. To have the kitchen comfortable in the winter, the entire house
> temperature would need to be increased or just the opposite in the summer.
>
> Thanks
> John
>
>

Yes. We just installed one in an addition going up on my brother's
house. It is a sweet unit but it is a bit pricey. It is so quiet you
have to check to see if it is running, in a/c and heat. There was some
confusion about the control circuits. A piece of literature somewhere
said it used the power feed for control but we found out later (after
installation) that control wires had to be run separately. Luckily the
wall board had not gone up yet.

--
Art

Posted by Tom Cular on December 9, 2006, 2:03 pm
We've used Mitsubishi (not necessarily Mr. Slim) split units in several
applications, particularly, server rooms in schools, to supplement cooling
and have had very good results and few complaints.

Tom

> John A Reichert wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience with Mr. Slim, a unit made by Mitsubishi
>> Electric used for heating and cooling small areas? This a ductless unit.
>> I want to supplement the heating and cooling in a kitchen. The Kitchen
>> is over a crawlspace and the longest distance from the central
>> cooling/heating unit. The kitchen faces the west and northwest
>> direction. Complete windows in that direction. The room is cool in the
>> winter and warmer than desired in the summer. To have the kitchen
>> comfortable in the winter, the entire house temperature would need to be
>> increased or just the opposite in the summer.
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>
> Yes. We just installed one in an addition going up on my brother's house.
> It is a sweet unit but it is a bit pricey. It is so quiet you have to
> check to see if it is running, in a/c and heat. There was some confusion
> about the control circuits. A piece of literature somewhere said it used
> the power feed for control but we found out later (after installation)
> that control wires had to be run separately. Luckily the wall board had
> not gone up yet.
>
> --
> Art



Posted by John A Reichert on December 9, 2006, 3:56 pm
Thanks for the replies. My understanding from the replies from DT, Art and
Tom: the units work, DIY can install, and the Mr. Slim has competition. The
Kitchen I hope to heat and cool is about 300 sg ft with a cathedral ceiling.
Are these assumption correct?
Thanks
John

> We've used Mitsubishi (not necessarily Mr. Slim) split units in several
> applications, particularly, server rooms in schools, to supplement
> cooling and have had very good results and few complaints.
>
> Tom
>
>> John A Reichert wrote:
>>> Does anyone have experience with Mr. Slim, a unit made by Mitsubishi
>>> Electric used for heating and cooling small areas? This a ductless
>>> unit. I want to supplement the heating and cooling in a kitchen. The
>>> Kitchen is over a crawlspace and the longest distance from the central
>>> cooling/heating unit. The kitchen faces the west and northwest
>>> direction. Complete windows in that direction. The room is cool in the
>>> winter and warmer than desired in the summer. To have the kitchen
>>> comfortable in the winter, the entire house temperature would need to be
>>> increased or just the opposite in the summer.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> John
>>
>> Yes. We just installed one in an addition going up on my brother's house.
>> It is a sweet unit but it is a bit pricey. It is so quiet you have to
>> check to see if it is running, in a/c and heat. There was some confusion
>> about the control circuits. A piece of literature somewhere said it used
>> the power feed for control but we found out later (after installation)
>> that control wires had to be run separately. Luckily the wall board had
>> not gone up yet.
>>
>> --
>> Art
>
>



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