Yeah I was surprised too. I came across Lloyd when I started checking for ACs, and when I tried checking their site I found that it's Havell's brand.Wait, Havell makes AC!!That is definitely news to me. Last I recall, they made fans, switches.
I had bought a 1 ton Lloyd split AC around 2019 and it is working fine without any issue with regular maintenance. A year back bought 2 Lloyd inverter Ac's which is also running without any trouble. They are however not cheaper than any other model and cost wise at par with other Ac's. I liked their service as they attend to faults within couple of hours of complaint.
How much gap you are talking about?? I had to take carpenters help to the build frame around sliding window to fix the AC. After installation i remember there was only space of 1mm thick sunmica to push through the gaps . The material used was wood. The other time it was through a builder provided cut out in wall, plywood was used here & there was hardly any gap left to fill.
Not my personal experience, but what I've read is that the failure rate of inverter acs and the repair cost of their PCB etc. makes it not a worthy investment over the non inverter ones. I'm pretty much in the same boat rn, buying a 1.5 ton window, and I've pretty much settled on a Carrier 1.5 t non inverter.
eh, is that anecdotal evidence? because we have been using inverter ACs since 2015 and aside from our Daikin's (bought in 2015) fan unit's PCB getting ****ed up, there has been no issues whatsoever, in fact non-inverter ACs are pretty much useless here, granted we have exclusively used Mitsubishi and Daikin and they both are on the higher end
i am pretty much in the inverter ac boat. Already have 2 split 1.5ton AC's and very happy. But got no idea about the inverter window AC's. How they perform, there wattage use. that's what i want to know? My split ac go lowest to 400watts
eh? this is just a placebo, compressors always take 4-5 minutes to spin up to prevent short cycling, if it really were spinning up as soon as it got electricity, the ac would have crapped the bed years ago but yeah older ACs are built like a tank, we used to have an O'General bought in 2002, and we sold that in 2014 to a hotel, and that piece of shit is still working in that hotel lol
stuff i've read, so anecdotal, yes.
i've got no strong feelings one way or another, but i'm curious as to how you define useless? what criteria are you using? to my understanding, the only difference is power usage and how efficient they are in regulating compressor power draw.
ok, so useless came out a bit strong but in my case it really was but then I'm a weirdo who can't sleep at night with ac running at lower temps without getting sick in the morning, non inverter ACs run at fixed speeds it's either on or off and once the compressor turns off, it'll easily take 4-5 minutes to spin back up while for inverter ACs, it just reduces the speed, so in summers if you set a higher temp, the kon inverter ones would quickly hit those temps and spin down which was a huge PITA because the room used to get hot before the compressor came back on and God forbid if you had electricity cuts. you were guaranteed to not get a good sleep those nights, so basically inverter ACs shine in maintaining temps which is particularly useful for weirdos like me
yeah you are right, it's Fujitsu General but it's always been called O'General and I'm not sure why
Exactly right. This is the biggest advantage of inverter models along with the lower power draw over the fixed speed ones. Regarding the PCB failure, yes, failures are there of course, and company official service will cost a bomb too, but I'm told that third party pcb replacement parts are quite cheap and they work fine.
This does give me pause, but honestly I'm not expecting this thing to last me a long time. ACs are just built for planned obsolescence, like most other things. If I can get a warranty on the PCB for 5 years, and an extra 5 on the much more expensive compressor, I think I'm ok with the possibility of eating the cost of a replacement PCB in that +5yr to +10yr gap.
I would like to know the reasoning though, if you can find out and if he's willing to say.
Sorry I had missed this. Currently there's a 1.5T installed in there; it's a 32in x 24in opening, and there's about 5-6 inches of space on the top and right side of the AC. the AC is pretty much aligned with the lower left corner of the space.
eh? most PCB failures occur because peeps dont have proper stabilizers etc for their ACs, only time our Daikin's external fan assembly's PCB failed was when we ran it on a faulty stabilizer and a huge surge occurred, if you live in an apartment then you are mostly covered anyways and can just make do a with a stabiliser, but in a home, get at least a servo stabilizer for your mains and a separate one for your AC, thats what we've done and that servo has been a godsent, even aside from ACs, our other electronics like Bulbs etc have had their lifespan increased by a lot and if you are really paranoid, get a relay for your AC too, thats how its done at our home. I dont know much about it, my father handles that but most failures occur when peeps fail to properly protect their electronics from surges/fluctuations etc.
Probably a shitty experience with one
depends on how hot it is and the temps which you will run it at, ratings come into play when the AC is not struggling to maintain temps, but if its really hot and you have set low temps, there wont be much power savings if any
I run between 26-28c.
