I'm looking for some feedback from members that have experience with Mini-Splits in their shops (preferably 5 years or more).
I have a mini-split that I've had an up and down relationship with. It's usually very efficient and does a great job for both heating and cooling.
The weather has turned warmer here in Virginia and it was doing a great job until yesterday. I could tell it wasn't keeping up and actually died on me when I was in the shop.
The technician told me today that mini-splits in wood-shops have a very short life because of the fine dust and there's not much I can do about it. Expect 5 years instead of the 10 years I was sold on.
My shop has decent dust collection on all power tools, 2 Air filters that I run after heavy tool use. I also have built a filter holder that fits quite snugly around the inside air-handler of the mini split so the air is filtered before it's drawn into that unit. I know I have to up my game on the kind of filters I'm using in that unit and run the shop air filters more often but I'm wondering if the technician's comment about the shortened life holds water.
Any experience or comments to share?
I have a mini-split that I've had an up and down relationship with. It's usually very efficient and does a great job for both heating and cooling.
The weather has turned warmer here in Virginia and it was doing a great job until yesterday. I could tell it wasn't keeping up and actually died on me when I was in the shop.
The technician told me today that mini-splits in wood-shops have a very short life because of the fine dust and there's not much I can do about it. Expect 5 years instead of the 10 years I was sold on.
My shop has decent dust collection on all power tools, 2 Air filters that I run after heavy tool use. I also have built a filter holder that fits quite snugly around the inside air-handler of the mini split so the air is filtered before it's drawn into that unit. I know I have to up my game on the kind of filters I'm using in that unit and run the shop air filters more often but I'm wondering if the technician's comment about the shortened life holds water.
Any experience or comments to share?