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Does any one know who manufacture's the mini-splits sold as Mountman?

John Abbott
John Abbott Member Posts: 361
in A-C, Heat Pumps & Refrigeration

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

John

I am an HVAC professional 54 years in business for myself.

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 10,808
    edited August 5

    I believe they are made in China.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,316

    Aren't they all? I don't think you can buy one that isn't made overseas. i never herd of Mountman

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,734
    edited August 5

    many of them are made by gree

  • John Abbott
    John Abbott Member Posts: 361

    Thank you all.

  • John Abbott
    John Abbott Member Posts: 361

    I went to Gree's website and nothing matches up to the Mountman unit a customer wants installed. My problem is The instructions don't tell me how many feet of lineset the outdoor unit is charged for and the customer wants the unit way away from the head for aesthetic considerations.

    John

  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,917
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1861660#Comment_1861660

    Refrigerant for extended line sets are weighed in in oz. according to line set length. If the manual doesn't provide that data sheet, I wouldn’t even consider purchasing the product. Why Mountman? Because its on Amazon? Because its cheap? Because of their excellent tech support? Because parts availability is plentiful and handling warranty items is not a PITA at all? Because the customer already has a Mountman portable swamp cooler and its wicked awesome? Penny wise, pound foolish comes to mind with this.

    Maybe Mountman is great. I don’t know. I do know if I want to sign up for their email, I need to know Chinese. I can't even tell if its Mandarin or Cantonese.

    You've been an HVAC pro 54 years. I'm assuming the customer has been an HVAC pro for zero years. Can't you talk sense to them? It starts with Mitsubishi, Daikin, Fujitsu, Bosch, and goes down from there. And if their second choice is MR. COOL, run. Run as fast as you can.

    pecmsgmattmia2
  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 6,346

    tell them to buy 2 systems so they have the spare parts your going to need.

  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 4,076

    Just for a date point, I installed a Comfort Aire mini split from a large supplyhouse chain. The inverter board failed at the beginning of the season. I'm still waiting on the factory to ship the replacement. 11 weeks and counting for parts, and Comfort Aire isn't the Amazon special.

    I know for a fact that inverter boards for Mitsubishi are only a week or so away.

    This one goes in the lesson learned pile.

    GGrossPC7060
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,734

    Long linesets don't just require more charge, at some point you need larger tubing too and possibly have to deal with oil return so you need a manual that explains what to do.

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