Never buy a dehumidifier from IDEAL AIR.

[sureshot66]

always make sure the dehu youre buying is AHAM rated, which is the benchmark for water removal systems..the stated removal capacities are tested at 80f and 60% humidity..so if it says 120 pints thats what it will do in an environment under those atmospheric parameters...Ideal and other non AHAM dehus claim high dehumidification numbers like 70 pints a day..they dont tell you they got that number running it in a 99% humidity wet room, under the conditions we run the numbers are significantly less...i use driease and a phoenix max lgr, both are awesome, quests are great too ill be using one probably in the room im building

 

[rover747]

what about air conditioner from ideal air ? no good ? I was going to buy it ,because it is diy ,but now not sure any more .Anybody have one or use one ?

 

[Granger2]

If you're talking about a mini split, Friedrich makes the Breeze which is a self install unit. Comes precharged with 25 feet of tubing/wiring. Excess is rolled up, and she's ready to go. Friedrich is an excellent brand that outlasts most others. I have not used the Breeze mini, but I would expect their high standards, and the quality of their window units and Thru the Wall units [I use both] to be at play in all their products. If I were to use a mini split that I had professionally installed it would probably be a Mitsubishi. Good luck. -granger

 

[the gnome]

If you're talking about a mini split, Friedrich makes the Breeze which is a self install unit. Comes precharged with 25 feet of tubing/wiring. Excess is rolled up, and she's ready to go. Friedrich is an excellent brand that outlasts most others. I have not used the Breeze mini, but I would expect their high standards, and the quality of their window units and Thru the Wall units [I use both] to be at play in all their products. If I were to use a mini split that I had professionally installed it would probably be a Mitsubishi. Good luck. -granger

I have a mistsu installed but wanted a back up unit in case
and to add more lamps if i wanted to.
with the room already online I couldn't have an HVAC doing it.
So I went with the 24K BTU breeze with the diy self hook ups.
it runs like a charm and it was up-n-running in about 6hrs.
you really need 2 people(3 is better) to do handle the precharged line set.

 

[maxmurder]

what about air conditioner from ideal air ? no good ? I was going to buy it ,because it is diy ,but now not sure any more .Anybody have one or use one ?

ideal air = cheap fucking chinese fucking garbage. spend the extra few bucks, you'll save in the long run in kilowatts and frustration.

 

[maxmurder]

Drizair and phoenix are both solid ime. Worth the $.

yep drizair- bought a little one 6 years ago (after returning 3 ideal air blue piece of shit heat boxes that failed) and am still using to this day. learned my lesson and bought a drizair 3500 for another job 3 years ago which is currently keeping my greenhouse dry. great fuckin machines. oh yeah they have actual pumps that purge the water out, not leaky cheesy gravity drains. they also aren't pinned at max amps the whole time, they do the job, chill and kick back on when needed.

 

[sureshot66]

^ what he said I have a 3 ton ideal I got from a buddy the lines started leaking and there's no way to replace them, so I had to weld copper line in, it cools ok but My experience has been all Ideal products basically suck...charging mini splits is pretty easy , plus any split comes pre-charged you just need gauges and a pump to vacume it down. It's a good skill set to have if you plan on expanding

 

[snake11]

Ideal is junk across the board. Eveything they make. They are definetly taking advantage of growers who don't know a ton about hvac. Also if you have an ideal shipped to your house and it gets delivered while your not there, it is a big sign to people in the know that a grow is probably going on there. Nothing like advertisement sitting on your front porch. No one in the hvac world uses these.

 

[Subcooled]

Dehu's are rated based on 80F@60%rh inlet air. Conditions cooler and drier reduce the moisture removal capacity of all refrigerant dehu's.