Dazinoz

I rent house and bedroom AC just replaced by owner with a "CentralAir" brand. I think they maybe a Thai brand but not sure. They have a very large LED which displays mode and temp setting when on and a red large red LED when off. Especially when running the display is very bright. The good thing is it can be turned off from the remote and no indicator lights on unit. Could be useful if you needed at very low light at times. No idea as I have never done developing.

Same for me. When I received the red ones they told me about 6 weeks for normal ones. After many visits to the dealer and 6 months later they finally discovered the salesperson had not done the paperwork so car was not registered. I got mine about 9 years ago with a logbook but no one at the dealership informed me as to what the book was for and that I shouldn't drive at night. New to Thailand I didn't ask. Many inter provincial trips day and night in the 6 months I had the red plates on the car.

And you need to fill in log book to drive the car outside your province in the day. Dealer gave me the log book but didn't explain about why and not to drive at night. I had the red plates about 6 months and did many many night drives and drives to other provinces.

Of course thats not a scam because it needs doing. But there are so many that do top up when not needed to get a few extra baht. I have read a few stories where refrigerant had to be let out due to too much being eventually added.

Exactly. I used 2 main ways of finding leaks. Most leaks occur around piping joints or at the service valves (valves on outdoor unit). Oil build up around those areas are a good indication of a leak as oil travels around the refrigeration circuit with the refrigerant. The second method is an electronic leak detector. The one I had was rated at a sensitivity of a leak as little as 7 grams of refrigerant per year which is a very small leak. You would turn the unit on in fresh air then move it to indoor or outdoor unit. When the detector beeps you reset detector and move detector closer. This makes the detector more sensitive. This is repeated until the leak is located.

Should NEVER need doing. As posted above I had AC in australia that had gone 19 years without a top up.

Did you watch my video I posted in this thread? It was the outdoor unit that was causing the issue.

The fins on the heat exchanger piping are very thin and bend easy. If you use too high a pressure cleaner with the nozzle in a jet you can bend them. I use my cleaner tip in a more wide pattern and not too close to fins and also try to aim cleaner spray parallel to the fins. A garden hose will help but, obviously, not clean as good as a pressure washer.

I am renting a house and a few months back the bedroom AC died. Owner got a company to replace it. They did so with one of their own brand I had not heard of before. After a couple months the airflow was "surging" which was very annoying trying to sleep. First thing I checked was the filters. Only very slightly dirty but I cleaned them anyway. I got a torch and looked into air outlet. The barrel fan was extremely dirty and looked to have mould on it. No way should it have been like that in such a short time and filters not dirty. I called my real estate agent as to who should look at it being under warranty. She contacted owner who had installer come out. First thing he did was look at filters then I pointed out fan. Trying to ask him why like that in such a short time but he could not speak a word of english. He phoned agent and while he was on phone to her, her husband (American) called me. He said both and AND filters were very dirty and not covered under warranty. As I had only cleaned filters day before I just told him to go and told agent I will do it myself. Trying to scam a few more baht by saying he had to clean filters.

Basically yes.

Probably a drier.

Sometimes a very small leak can occur and take a long period of time to be detected. So basically what i was saying is if you needed to do a top up because unit not cooling we had to locate source of leak and repair before topping up.

Obviously you are the expert on ACs. If it doesn't need a top up and they do it is a scam. If you think different good for you.

I was doing instals and minor fixes in Oz before i left and I had to account for every gram of refrigerant. And If I did a top up I had to have proof of a repair.

I had an AC in my bedroom in Australia 19 years old and NEVER needed a top up. I installed a new inverter type and moved old one to workshop and used a couple more years with no top up. Mostly just a scam here because the average person has no idea.

Amorn Electronics most likely would have one if you have Amorn in your area. Just looking at google likes like one at: 8 Moo10, South Pattaya Road, Long Prue, Pattaya. Maybe one closer if you check google.

Not correct, the outside unit gets neglected too much. The fins do not have a filter and depending where you are can get very dirty. The video is the outdoor unit fins getting cleaned here in Chiang Mai only 1 year after being "professionally" cleaned. So don't waste your money when unit being serviced and get the outdoor unit cleaned. NOTE: This is not a "How to" video but a "Why you should" video. IMG_6826.mp4

I was just at Dentist near Panthip Plaza and looking down ChangKlan Road, it and Prachasamphan Roads to the south still look to have a lot water covering them.

I flew into Khon Kaen a few years back and the pilot was talking about this and was saying Khon Kaen was being looked at due to large expanse of flat land.

Is this the one? http://hydro-1.rid.go.th/Data/HD-04/houly/water_today.php?fbclid=IwAR2miZjmFF8SA0sZPQOZyMQRES88Qpjw791modsMM-bOv9ODzm_Fg9iPPbI

Yoohoo. Likes like mine worth 10 baht.

I have a 10 baht note from here. Don't know how old, not in great condition but will hang onto it.

Is it up or crossways?

I don't ever expect becoming rich from coins/notes, but in Australia where many more people do collect, I made $450 from a coin I paid $35 for and $1000 from a $20 note. Not rich but nice little finds.

I think you have a misconceived idea about how many people actually know about them, how many will look for them, how many will keep them and, especially in poorer countries, how long will keep them?