Mitsubishi Electric - 1.5 Ton 4 star , Current Input 1480 watts ,EER- 3.29,R410a, Model No. (In/Ou) MS-H18VA/MU-H18VA Price Rs 34500/36700 (Best/Worst) plus installation Rs 4000 =Rs 38500. Mitsubishi Heavy - Rs 33500 ,3Star ,1.5Ton ,other details unknown + 4K installation.
Are their Inverter models also available here?
Toshiba - Rs 52000 + Installation - Inverter ,1.5 Ton ,Details unknown ,the guy refused to part with brochure.
I have seen Toshiba Inverters. Great if we knew your model. Why didn’t you opt for Toshiba Inverter? Was it due to its additional price of INR 11K over Sharp Inverters? Do they include free installation kit?
I used to live in the middle east for some time ,The most AC sold in Saudi are Trane , General ,Daikin, Carrier, Mitsubishi. Hitachi has very very very less footprint there! Even LG has a better presence than Hitachi.
You know vvvinashhh when I go through AC threads I find people post comments like:
Hitachi makes best ACs
or Daikin makes best ACs
or General makes best ACs
or Sharp makes best ACs
or ……
or ………
Makes me laugh. There was and never will be a best AC company. All models of a singular company cannot be the market best offerings in their respective category. Same goes for cars, bikes, TVs, mobile phones etc.
Trane is a legend of a sort,extremely high quality and very well built,American.
The line bodes quite well to Hitachi in India. They say: “Hitachi is a legend of a sort, extremely high quality and very well built, Japanese†(Pun intended)
From what I could make out while going Trane's web pages they are a very respected company in industrial air conditioning business and are generally interested in huge projects. They definitely are a company that deserves utmost respect from all of us. American companies are generally known for high quality products and in being robust which lends to much higher lifespan.
But Americans have never been the champions to squeeze out every last drop of fuel or electric energy to maximize overall efficiency. Almost in all cases Japanese technology tends to rule in these scenarios and I don’t know why, whether this is embedded in their lifestyle, they have this fine art of producing highest efficiency and have a knack towards microcosm.
At late 60s and the early 70s when Honda and Toyota arrived in US, they produced cars which provided two times the mileage of the cars made my home grown manufacturers like GM and Ford. Fuel was cheap those days, people didn’t care much but as the fuel price went on rising Toyota, Honda and other Japanese companies took over the entire US auto industry by storm. In automobile history it is widely regarded as the Japanese automobile invasion. Since then the Honda Accord or the Toyota Camry have been the best selling cars in US.
It is Trane who made the Aluminium thing successful or invented the Tech which made Aluminium more durable in ACs after GE left in the middle.Now Goodman another Trane Competitor has started using it too.
Well I went through their entire brochure and was not able to discover a single bit of aluminum used in their condensers or evaporators of their entire AC lineup. Trane AC’s use trapeziform copper tube condensers and not the canalicular tubed all alumunium as found in Sharp. I wonder if they invented it then why are not using it?
Trane is present in India but not in Kolkata ,yesterday I received a call from them from Bangalore. Trane does massive airconditioning projects.
Here are their 1.5 Ton Inverter specs:
Trane INI-TSI18MS
Cooling Capacity Range [kW]: (2 - 5.22 – 5.8)
Cooling Capacity Range [BTU/Hr]: (6,800 - 17,800 - 19,800)
Rated Cooling Capacity: 5.22 kW/ 17,800 BTU/Hr
Rated Power Consumption: 1,460 watts
Rated EER (W/W): 3.57
Indoor Airflow Rate (CMM): 19
Air Purifier: Enzyme Filter
Refrigerant Gas: R410A
IDU Weight: 12 kg
ODU Weight: 46.5 kg
MRP: INR 66K
Here are the specs of Sharp 1.5 Ton Inverter:
Sharp AH-XP18MV
Cooling Capacity Range [kW]: (1.6 - 5.27 - 6)
Cooling Capacity Range [BTU/Hr]: (5,460 - 18,000 - 20,500)
Rated Cooling Capacity: 5.27 kW/ 18,000 BTU/Hr
Rated Power Consumption: 1,440 watts
Rated EER (W/W): 3.66
Indoor Airflow Rate (CMM): 16.8
Air Purifier: Plasmacluster
Refrigerant Gas: R410A
IDU Weight: 12 kg
ODU Weight: 35 kg
MRP: INR 50K
Comparing the two in terms of cooling capacity and cooling performance it is a no brainer; the Sharp is ahead by a country mile. Sharp has a lower minimum cooling capacity ceiling than Trane while having higher rated capacity while the maximum capacity is higher too. EER rating is also higher for Sharp denoting better efficiency.
Both use some sort of air purifier and R410A refrigerant gas. One advantage of Trane is its much higher indoor airflow rate of 19 CMM while the Sharp can cough up a max of 16.8. Trane must be using a more powerful indoor fan motor. Does the Trane have better built quality and durability over Sharp is one question I cannot answer. With a INR 16K higher price tag over Sharp they are unlikely to ever be a true VFM product.
Thanks for letting us know about Trane.
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