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RayWohlfarth
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I am looking to add air conditioning to the second floor addition of my home and need your advice. The space is heated with a baseboard and a cast iron boiler. I would like to use chilled water and was thinking of a Chiltrix chiller. Have you used one and your thoughts about it would be great. The load is about 1 1/2 tons.
Thank you for your expertise and guidance.
Thank you for your expertise and guidance.
Ray Wohlfarth
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It's nice equipment; similar to SpacePak's chiller. But for that small of a load, why not use standard ductless like Mitshubishi?Bob Boan
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You would need 80 gallon or so of buffer, probably to prevent cycling the chiller?
What about the humidity?
Need a dew point control no doubt, or you could end up sweating. the heat emitters, not you personallyBob "hot rod" Rohr
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@Ironman I was thinking of that but I was hoping to use hydronics as I sell my boilers against VRF every day LOL
@hot rod LOL I was thinking of using the wall mounted fan coils that look like the ductless mini splits.
Thanks Gentlemen
Ray Wohlfarth
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I've heard the fan coils are noisier than a minisplit.--NBC0
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If you go this route, don't forget that you'll have to fill it with glycol - in spite of what the instructions may say. If you lose power when it's cold, there's nothing to keep the HX and external piping from freezing.Bob Boan
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@Ironman Thanks They also suggested an electric heater. Thinking this may soon evolve into a larger than anticipated projectRay Wohlfarth
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