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| Thread ID: 110503 | 2010-06-19 23:53:00 | Rusty Heatpump. | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
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| 1111678 | 2010-06-19 23:53:00 | Saw on TV last night some old guys outside unit had rusted away so bad that it wouldn't work. I think he lived in Wellington. It was about 4 years old, and he lived close to the sea. It was a Fujitsu model. They advised people who live by the sea or in places like Rotorua to give the outside unit a hose down 3 or 4 times a year. Also check your warranty as the outside unit may not be covered for corrosion. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1111679 | 2010-06-20 00:15:00 | I thought he lived in Christchurch :( Yep "Eighty-nine-year-old Bob McCombe has had to install a brand new heat pump because just as Christchurch's wintery chill arrived his old one stopped." tvnz.co.nz |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1111680 | 2010-06-20 00:52:00 | Would suggest that the outside unit is made of cheap-as crap metals. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 1111681 | 2010-06-20 00:52:00 | Can't suppliers house them? Like in a cabinet - much like some telephone/power supply units. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1111682 | 2010-06-20 00:59:00 | Can't suppliers house them? Like in a cabinet - much like some telephone/power supply units. It would defeat the purpose, as heat pumps/air conditioners need a ready supply of ambient air in order to function. If you housed the external unit in a weathertight box, then you wouldn't be able to extract heat energy out of the air to "pump" inside. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1111683 | 2010-06-20 01:10:00 | It would defeat the purpose, as heat pumps/air conditioners need a ready supply of ambient air in order to function. If you housed the external unit in a weathertight box, then you wouldn't be able to extract heat energy out of the air to "pump" inside. I see. Perhaps rig up a optional auxiliary supply like a large air tank? We did something similar at work years ago for testing oxygen transmission through plastic films by pumping air (and calculated for oxygen) from a outdoor tank through the test apparatus. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1111684 | 2010-06-20 01:37:00 | The heatpump manufacturers say that correct installation requires an anti-corrosive coating for the outside unit. Is it not possible for the unit to come already coated, or does it have to be done once it is installed? | Greven (91) | ||
| 1111685 | 2010-06-20 02:16:00 | Even in a theoretically non-corrosive atmosphere (the Waitakere Ranges), my 9-year old unit has quite a few signs of surface rust on the casing. In fact I have just stripped it down as much as I could and de-rusted/repainted it. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1111686 | 2010-06-20 02:23:00 | Like wrong as, there is salt spray all the way across the Auckland isthmus. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1111687 | 2010-06-20 03:31:00 | Like wrong as, there is salt spray all the way across the Auckland isthmus.Assuming you are referring to my post, perhaps I sould have said "less corrosive". | Tony (4941) | ||
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