Inderpland Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 The guy I've used for years isn't answering his phone anymore so would like to ask if anbyone can recommend a company? I very much want to avoid the type that surprises you with a bill of hundreds of Baht for "refilling gas". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted May 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2023 Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Great to see an ad pop-up for a company doing this work - in New Orleans. Love them algorithm thingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 22 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull Or buy your own gas bottle, that is what I did ???? PS: Picture was from a previous post on another topic regarding aircons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villapete Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) Hello, I use PK Air Con..081 344 9052. Good service, good price, no fuss has been my experience. All the best, Peter Edited May 12, 2023 by Villapete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaMaximaCulpa Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I have used Paitoon (08-1353 6654) for a very long time and can fully recommend him. Trustworthy and reasonable prices. We also buy all new units from him, I have compared prices and he is on par with or below the big retailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inderpland Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Villapete said: Hello, I use PK Air Con..081 344 9052. Good service, good price, no fuss has been my experience. All the best, Peter Thanks, do they repair units as well as clean them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inderpland Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 5 hours ago, MeaMaximaCulpa said: I have used Paitoon (08-1353 6654) for a very long time and can fully recommend him. Trustworthy and reasonable prices. We also buy all new units from him, I have compared prices and he is on par with or below the big retailers. Thanks, does he repair units as well as clean them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John8 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) I have used 'Santipad Air Service' they did a great job. very thorough cleaning and no scam... 500 each unit. and fill gas phone: 0954702534 fb: Santipad Air Service Edited May 13, 2023 by John8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inderpland Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 29 minutes ago, John8 said: I have used 'Santipad Air Service' they did a great job. very thorough cleaning and no scam... 500 each unit. and fill gas phone: 0954702534 fb: Santipad Air Service Thanks. Same question to you; do you know if they repair units as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaMaximaCulpa Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Inderpland said: Thanks, does he repair units as well as clean them? Yes he does. He comes normally twice per year to clean and repairs when required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mickeymaus Posted May 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) On 5/12/2023 at 3:43 PM, scubascuba3 said: Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull I never even let them check the gas. In the worst case they damage the valves and it will be leaking. In the meantime after extremely bad experiences here in Pattaya I clean my aircons myself. Yes, it gets on my nerves but the cleaning experiences I had were extremely bad and I tried 3 different companies. The last one threw away 6 screws. But this wasn't the worst experience. Edited May 13, 2023 by Mickeymaus 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 4:07 PM, MJCM said: Or buy your own gas bottle, that is what I did ???? PS: Picture was from a previous post on another topic regarding aircons How much is it? We had a bloke pulling the need gas top up lark. When we finally got the Mitsu guys it they said they had to take some out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mickeymaus Posted May 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 minute ago, proton said: How much is it? We had a bloke pulling the need gas top up lark. When we finally got the Mitsu guys it they said they had to take some out! If you add too much gas the compressor could be damaged. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 34 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said: I never even let them check the gas. In the worst case they damage the valves and it will be leaking. In the meantime after extremely bad experiences here in Pattaya I clean my aircons myself. Yes, it gets on my nerves but the cleaning experiences I had were extremely bad and I tried 3 different companies. The last one threw away 6 screws. But this wasn't the worst experience. Good idea, I'll tell them in future not to check the gas (unless it's not getting cold) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villapete Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 12:13 AM, Villapete said: Hello, I use PK Air Con..081 344 9052. Good service, good price, no fuss has been my experience. All the best, Peter Expand Thanks, do they repair units as well as clean them? Yes. Chat with them on Line app.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John8 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 1:12 PM, Inderpland said: Thanks. Same question to you; do you know if they repair units as well? Yes they do and replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 6:51 AM, MeaMaximaCulpa said: I have used Paitoon (08-1353 6654) for a very long time and can fully recommend him. Trustworthy and reasonable prices. We also buy all new units from him, I have compared prices and he is on par with or below the big retailers. How much for a clean please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 3:43 PM, scubascuba3 said: Maybe just decline the gas refill if you don't have a problem with AC getting cold. It is as we know an easy scam the young lads pull Gas refills come from a small bottle fitted with a standard regulator. It should cost no more than an extra 200 Baht on to a standard circa 4/500 Baht cleaning job. Any more and you are being ripped off. Very few one man band aircon cleaners do repairs. Same with car aircons. Little guy in a lockup by the side of the road will re-gas for 200 Baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymaus Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Look that they don't use the water from the water container of the toilet (the upper part...) Some like to do it because it refills automatically. But this water is very dirty. One day my aircon was full of algue slime and the evaporator was blocked. 3 cleaning companies cleaned this aircon and did not realise the problem because it was on the backside. And I told them that there is almost no airflow. Answer I don't know, the fan has a problem, the board has a problem and this after the cleaning. So much to their cleaning quality. I needed chemicals and a lot of work to get rid of it. Since this experience I clean the aircons myself with drinking water and chemicals. There was never a problem again. Of course this work gets on my nerves. But I gave up to use cleaning companies. And this with the algue was not the only problem. If you use chemicals put a piece of aluminium foil and a piece of copper wire into a glass with a lid and add the chemical and check after some days. A cleaner from a very well known US brand dissolved the aluminium completely. Not a good choice to use this one. If you ask for the price ask if this includes the outside compressor unit too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said: Look that they don't use the water from the water container of the toilet (the upper part...) Some like to do it because it refills automatically. But this water is very dirty. One day my aircon was full of algue slime and the evaporator was blocked. 3 cleaning companies cleaned this aircon and did not realise the problem because it was on the backside. And I told them that there is almost no airflow. Answer I don't know, the fan has a problem, the board has a problem and this after the cleaning. So much to their cleaning quality. I needed chemicals and a lot of work to get rid of it. Since this experience I clean the aircons myself with drinking water and chemicals. There was never a problem again. Of course this work gets on my nerves. But I gave up to use cleaning companies. And this with the algue was not the only problem. If you use chemicals put a piece of aluminium foil and a piece of copper wire into a glass with a lid and add the chemical and check after some days. A cleaner from a very well known US brand dissolved the aluminium completely. Not a good choice to use this one. If you ask for the price ask if this includes the outside compressor unit too. Yeah wow. Mine are cleaned using tap water... which is the same water that fills the toilet. Never had an algae problem !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeymaus Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: Yeah wow. Mine are cleaned using tap water... which is the same water that fills the toilet. Never had an algae problem !! But this water standing in the water of the toilet water container might be of a different quality. After this experience I even boil the drinking water and of course let it cool down completely before using it. This story went on for almost a year and they didn't find the reason. I believed them until I checked myself. Here a not so nice picture of the problem. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Doctor Tom said: Gas refills come from a small bottle fitted with a standard regulator. It should cost no more than an extra 200 Baht on to a standard circa 4/500 Baht cleaning job. Any more and you are being ripped off. Very few one man band aircon cleaners do repairs. Same with car aircons. Little guy in a lockup by the side of the road will re-gas for 200 Baht. Point is young somchais refill the gas for 200 baht when it's not needed, good little scam Edited May 15, 2023 by scubascuba3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Point is young somchais refill the gas for 200 baht when it's not needed, good little scam topping up every 6 months, for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya57 Posted May 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said: topping up every 6 months, for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . If you have to top up every 6 months you've got a major leak (or you're being scammed). Plus over gassing is not good the aircon units I recently had my 4 aircon serviced for the first time in 10 years thinking for sure they'd need gassing. Nope, I was advised all 4 did not need gas Edited May 15, 2023 by Pattaya57 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said: topping up every 6 months, for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . You like being scammed? many are relaxed about it, you know by girls and all that 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said: topping up every 6 months, for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . Any A/C that needs topping up every 6 months has a leak/fault...???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 7 hours ago, sungod said: How much for a clean please? you have been given a phone number and name....call and ask instead of asking on here !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mickeymaus Posted May 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said: topping up every 6 months, for 200 baht, is hardly a major scam, and is perhaps sensible. . My 3 Daikin aircons are almost 20 years old - see picture ????. I often think to replace them. On the other hand they work problem free and there needs to be some construction work if I buy new ones because they are mounted inside on the walls close to the floor (bigger units made for this). I don't like this disturbance... They never needed gas and I never allowed them to check it. I always told them to leave the gas bottle in the car so that they didn't "accidentally" check the gas ????. A friend of mine allowed them to check the gas at a problem free new Daikin aircon. Obviously they damaged the valve and every couple of months he needed gas. In the meantime he has a new aircon and doesn't allow any gas checks. If the cooling goes down then let them check the gas. Edited May 15, 2023 by Mickeymaus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sungod Posted May 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, blackshadow said: you have been given a phone number and name....call and ask instead of asking on here !!!! Wasn't actually asking you, but thanks for your most valuable contribution to the forum none the less! Edited May 15, 2023 by sungod 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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