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As a business owner (computer repair), parts need to have a 70% profit margin + whatever your hourly rate needs to be. For example, if a part costs me $25, I need to charge about $85 in order for it to be worth it to keep parts in stock. If my hourly rate is $260 and it takes me half an hour, the bill should be $215 ($85 + $130). Special order parts don't need to have such a high profit margin. Just enough to cover you in case you need to replace the part under warranty. I've found a profit margin between 20% and 30% on special order parts is sufficient. If the part is really expensive then the profit margin can be even lower. I just did a motherboard replacement for a client. The motherboard itself was $460 and I charged him $525 for it (which is about a 12% profit margin) plus half an hour of my time, so $655. It was well worth it seeing as it was a $2,500 computer that was only about a year old. You don't have to completely screw people over or make 3-10x your cost on a job in order to stay in business. I absolutely hate contractors because in my experience 99% of them are greedy scam artists. No, I'm sorry, you don't need to make $10,000+/day per customer. That's just pure greed. When the decking costs $2,600 and you're charging me $40,000 there's a problem. Even if you paid your guys $100/hour your cost would only be $9,000 and you know he's not paying his guys anywhere NEAR that much. When contractors quote me like this I call them out on their greed and tell them to F off. It takes time but you can find contractors that aren't greed a-holes.

I found the 12000 BTU at Costco today! The brackets look like it make installation pretty easy.

T1 and T2 are the load (motor) side of the contactor, L1 and L2 are the line (power) side of the contactor. You checked the wrong side of the contactor. When in doubt follow the power wire. Actually if you are in doubt. Check both the L1 and L2 side and The T1 and T2 side of the contactor. This particular contactor only switches between L1 and T1. L2 and T2 are physically connected all the time.

Wow. Well engineered.

I carry the Milwaukee utility knife - the best (one-handed operation) - and have several Knipex slip joints (just not that little one but it looks good!)

sorry I have 4 mini splits, I pay 25 a month and 30 during winter .no way that ac can take out my mini splits

What is Ampers / Volts?

gee now i know how

I went with the a Milwaukee 13 in 1 Model 48-22-2917 over the 48-22-2880 only because it was magnetic and love it. Just randomly found it as I kept scrolling on the Home Depot website. Honestly, it’s the same tool just one is magnetized. I must say tho’, those Klein ECX Bits look better made/chiseled. I love both Klein and Milwaukee. I wonder if Klein sells the bits alone like Milwaukee does? I’ll see. Nothing wrong with having extra bits, right? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔🪛🔩🔌🔋⚡️

I just want to give thanks for you taking the time to make these videos and explaining them so people actually understand. By far you make the best videos I've seen!! Most of the videos I see people post they skip over the most important part that just happens to be the reason you're watching the video in the first place so you find yourself rewinding and pausing so you can see if you just missed it or see if u can kind of figure out what it looked like before and after they skipped over that part. As I train people that make medical and military equipment it's very important that you are patient and actually go step by step so that they understand it completely. Like I said most people will skip over certain steps and what's the point of making a video because there's always going to be somebody that knows one step but not the next and that's why we need videos like you post. So I appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to help people like me and let you know there are people out there that do appreciate it so thanks again

I wanted to leave a comment and thank you for making such a really good video!! The videos that you have posted so much better than all the other ones I've seen. You take your time and actually explain everything step by step. A lot of videos I've seen they will explain how things go but seems like most of the important parts that you need to know and is the reason you are looking up the videos they don't demonstrate how it is done they get to that step of the process and pretty much skip over it and it's already finished so you keep backing up the video and pausing it at spots so you can kind of figure out yourself how they did it and like I said that's the reason we are watching the videos in the first place lol. I do electrical wiring to make military and medical devices which it is important that they are made correctly u don't want them to fail or malfunction when they are needed. I'm in charge of training the new hires and most of them will come over to me afterwards and thank me for being patient and taking my time while explaining each step and if they don't fully understand at 1st and watch what they are doing to help figure out an correct what and why they are having trouble. I now understand what they meant because that's exactly how I felt when watching ur videos!! Because some of the people that make videos I don't know why they bother they remind me of the guy that trained me and when I asked a question because I was confused he would tell me to look at the paperwork it should tell me but obviously I didn't understand that's why I was asking him LOL and there's no sense teaching somebody if not going to teach them right. sorry for such a long comment but thought it was important to give thanks and let you know that there are people out there that do appreciate you taking the time and making these videos to help people. How much do you know about fixing cars 😆

When my portable dies I’m getting one of these I have central ac but my room is a boiler because of sunlight and the water heater being in the huge walk-in closet.

Wonderful tutorial. Was trying to sell my condo and the A/C stopped in the middle of an open house! Great timing. Before calling a HVAC guy, I replaced the run capacitor. That fixed the problem and the open house was able to continue the next day.

Thanks. I bought the 10,000 btu and Installed it today. Replaced an old loud inefficient model. THANK YOU! Your instructions made all the difference.

How would you install this unit in a double window opening? Make a block and screw the bracket down to it?

What about the bare suction line inside the unit? How would this make one bit of difference?

Does it matter if your generator is floating vs bonded neutral?

I have one of these. Installed it myself with a little help from my daughter. And it's very quiet, inside and outside. I sit on my back deck every morning while my dog is running around the yard and it's not loud enough to disturb me. It has cut back on significantly on how much we need to run the central high.

Nice demonstration.

You mentioned the generator now powers all the breakers your selected in the sub panel, how do you know which ones are going to be powered?

only thing wrong with the unit is that it lacks a heating option. the remote has a heating mode but the u-shaped units don't heat. and considering you really bolt the thing down having a heating option would be great on these. otherwise it is very quiet and works well.

The return line insulation is more for preventing condensation damage on other enclosed wall structures, NOT so much for retaiing the cold insulation because the heat exchange already happened within the air handlers and the return line goes back to the compressor starting another cooling cycle.

Could I use an 8 gauge wire for a 50 Amp Box?

Just a caveat about the window locks - and air conditioner installs in windows in general - on many modern windows, the upper panel can be lowered then swung out for cleaning. If you only lock the lower panel in place, that doesn't stop somebody from swinging out the panel - and oftentimes even remove it. For the times I've put an A/C unit in the window on the ground floor, I've placed wooden blocks on both the inside track and secured some between the top of the lower window and the outside frame to prevent convenient access. Setting up the window-sensors to alarm with the window set up for the A/C is another consideration for those who have a security system set up.

Insulation ? Yes, but the wall cover and the other velcro wrap around the already insulated conduits is a bit over the top. It looks good, but all it takes is a service guy needing to access the line and it will all be ripped apart......and then you'll be cursing to have to redo the entire thing again.

Can it heat? Is there a model that works with casement windows? What about all the mold in your window frame?

You just saved my life man. Overnighted the part from Amazon and I'm up and running. 90 degrees all week too here in Pa. Can't thank you enough.

I have one of these in my shop, and it’s the absolute best AC unit I’ve ever had. Super quiet and very efficient.

It looks like a very handy AC unit. Just curious, though, if you have to sign up and install the app in order to use the AC. There are some "smart" products out there that won't work properly if you don't install the app. Thanks for the video.

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Great video, I have one question, did you manually turn on and off the System 5 times so it can learn the system or does it do it on its own? Thank you for your help.

What you ended up with is how it should have been done from the start. Much better.

Why are AC systems such poorly made pieces of junk?

Painting them helps a lot.. Painting gives much UV resistance.. S FL maintainence guy here

Bro.. "low" side is return refrigerant (as a GAS) If it condeses back to liquid before the compressor,, the "slug" will/can break the compressor valves or the pump itself. Scroll pumps are less fragile than pistion pumps. The insulation helps prevent that possibility.. You really should change what you said in the video but whatever. Sounds like ur selling those complicated trim pieces & clicks. 🇺🇸

Whats the window support bracket link?

I have 2 of these units for my 2nd home that I can turn on from my phone that way my bedrooms are cold asf upon arrival. I keep that home at 75⁰ but the bedrooms I like it at 64⁰... they are the quietest I ever had hands down. They also have a dehumidifier option that I have on a schedule 👍👍 I like em

That is impressive! We may seriously consider these since our central A/C is as dead as the proverbial doornail and not reparable in any way, shape or form!

Always great content, Thanks

Excellent. I really like your presentation.

Does the bracket come with the AC unit

I installed a Micro-Air 368 on my 4-ton Heat Pump. It took my inrush of 107 amps down to 21 amps and my running amps from 23 amps down to 6 amps. However, I have a lingering question: Since watts = amps x volts, that means that my running watts went from 5,520 watts down to 1,440 watts. Now, to me, that looks like I am saving watts and by extension saving money. So, back to my lingering question: Are we actually saving watts and money? I will appreciate any light shed on this "lingering question! Doc here

Wanted to use this in my daughter's room to replace a 30 year old wall mounted unit but the 115V circuit is already at near max load, so we went with another 230V wall unit to minimize downtime. The temps right now are incredibly high. But I like this to supplement my bedroom until I can retrofit my house with mini-splits. That way my wife, who works from home isn't freezing until I get up for my night shift...I like my bedroom cold for sleeping.

The question is: how energy efficient is it?

That cover is very expensive

It really looks like the support bracket was made to fit into the window frame to me 😅 at least that’s where I would want it to fit into

We've had ours for 3 years now. It hooks up to wifi, and phone app is the best!

I used the same foam rubber split insulation and the same uv tape. I differed and wrapped the entire foam with the uv tape and called it good. Did the same method for my backflow preventer. The uv tape lasts about 3-4 years before it begins to deteriorate, whereas the foam by itself only lasts a year or so. I'm in Florida so it gets cooked everyday. Whether it is a benefit, don't care. It looks nice. The two times a year I get s freeze, my backflow pipes are good. Most of my neighbors put a plastic covered rock over theirs.

Or just stop buying cheap hoses. I coil mine and it never gets tangled

How about the Generac GP15,500EFI?