nomad97
Resident Geek
Last Friday, the air-con in my man cave gave a splutter, a last gasp, and then died. The unit was a 9,000 BTU, Haier Inverter unit. The following day my usual air conditioning engineer, a man I have used for the past 18 years, turned up to determine the problem. He removed the electronic boards from the compressor unit and the problem was immediately obvious. A dead chit-chat lay sprawled out across the boards, shorting the circuits. He tried a few tricks to recover the circuit boards but they were beyond recovery. He resolved to get a price for the replacement boards the following Monday. He did, something over 6,000 baht whereas the price for a new Samsung 8,500 BTU Inverter unit was only 8,998 Baht. I decided it was time to scrap the Haier, only 5 years old, and buy a new Samsung. I have never been entirely happy with the performance of the Haier, and my air conditioning engineer had always nagged me for choosing the unit in the first place. Not the best buy I have ever made.
My air conditioning engineer fully agreed to replace the Haier with a new Samsung but recommended spending a couple of thousand more to get a much improved 9,000 BTU unit. I agreed. The new unit was installed yesterday and I have to say I am very happy with my choice. It is now the best air conditioning unit that I have in the house. It runs whisper-quiet when down to temperature and has a self-cleaning function every time it powers down. This feature alone should save the need for regular cleaning at 400 baht a shot. It also holds the chosen temperature very well, which in the man cave is 26*C. The total cost for supply and installation was 14,000 baht, which included an allowance of 1,000 baht trade-in for the old Haier. In conclusion, let's say that Nomad is very happy with his early birthday present!
Note: This is not the exact same model that I now have, mine does not have the "Remotely control it anytime, anywhere" function. Otherwise, the specs shown in the URL seem to mirror the unit that has been installed.
My air conditioning engineer fully agreed to replace the Haier with a new Samsung but recommended spending a couple of thousand more to get a much improved 9,000 BTU unit. I agreed. The new unit was installed yesterday and I have to say I am very happy with my choice. It is now the best air conditioning unit that I have in the house. It runs whisper-quiet when down to temperature and has a self-cleaning function every time it powers down. This feature alone should save the need for regular cleaning at 400 baht a shot. It also holds the chosen temperature very well, which in the man cave is 26*C. The total cost for supply and installation was 14,000 baht, which included an allowance of 1,000 baht trade-in for the old Haier. In conclusion, let's say that Nomad is very happy with his early birthday present!
9,000 BTU/h Wall-mount AC AR9500T Whisper Cool (Triple-inverter) | Samsung Business Africa
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Note: This is not the exact same model that I now have, mine does not have the "Remotely control it anytime, anywhere" function. Otherwise, the specs shown in the URL seem to mirror the unit that has been installed.