expired Posted by paulsaz • Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021 12:18 AM
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expired Posted by paulsaz • Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021 12:18 AM
Danby 8,000 BTU U-Shaped Inverter Window Air Conditioner
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In terms of actual issues, by the end of last summer the blower fan started to make a horrible squeaking sound. I didn't do anything with it at the time, but when I set it up again this week it was the first thing I heard on startup, and sounded even worse. After some disassembly I determined it was the bearing on the fan's motor. They go for like 10 for $10 on Amazon, and another $20-30 for a tool to remove the old one, or you could replace the whole motor. The actual replacement motor unit from Midea is about $50, but backordered until October. I took a chance and bought one on eBay that's making its way to me from China now.
The unit likes to disappear from the app a lot, and its kind of a pain to link them together.
The 8000 BTU has a loud beep whenever you press any button or perform anything in the app. Like, loud enough I can hear it almost anywhere in the house loud. When I had the unit apart to get to the motor I took the time to fill up the little speaker with super glue and add some tape on top to dampen it some, which helped. The higher BTU units can disable the sound via a setting in the app.
The air flap sometimes needs help opening all the way up.
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In terms of actual issues, by the end of last summer the blower fan started to make a horrible squeaking sound. I didn't do anything with it at the time, but when I set it up again this week it was the first thing I heard on startup, and sounded even worse. After some disassembly I determined it was the bearing on the fan's motor. They go for like 10 for $10 on Amazon, and another $20-30 for a tool to remove the old one, or you could replace the whole motor. The actual replacement motor unit from Midea is about $50, but backordered until October. I took a chance and bought one on eBay that's making its way to me from China now.
The unit likes to disappear from the app a lot, and its kind of a pain to link them together.
The 8000 BTU has a loud beep whenever you press any button or perform anything in the app. Like, loud enough I can hear it almost anywhere in the house loud. When I had the unit apart to get to the motor I took the time to fill up the little speaker with super glue and add some tape on top to dampen it some, which helped. The higher BTU units can disable the sound via a setting in the app.
The air flap sometimes needs help opening all the way up.
This "Danby" brand has to be the Costco specific version of the Midea. I'm guessing to keep other retailers happy, Midea probably off-branded this for Costco in order to prevent direct price competition with other retailers selling the Midea brand. Also, for those that do not know, Midea is based in China... not just made there, headquartered there.
I had the 8000 BTU in my cart yesterday and by the time I made up my mind it was sold out.
But then the 10,000 BTU model was in stock at $419 so I got that instead.
I only need the 8,000 BTU for my little room (my office) but going to go ahead and keep my amazon order since it has the same delivery time and I trust the Midea brand just a bit more as it has been tried and true reviews and used by so many people.
Also personally I think the front grill looks better on the Midea, though its my office so nobody is going to see it.
But check Amazon a couple of times a day, you might see it come in stock.
Excited to get this, running a full server rack and my computer setup the office gets hotter than the rest of the house, and I can let the central AC go into ECO mode during the day and only cool the room I need saving me a little bit of money. Though I am sure it would take YEARS to actually make up the cost savings vs the purchase cost. So its much more about being comfortable in my office.
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I had the 8000 BTU in my cart yesterday and by the time I made up my mind it was sold out.
But then the 10,000 BTU model was in stock at $419 so I got that instead.
I only need the 8,000 BTU for my little room (my office).
Asking for a friend. A friend named me.
Asking for a friend. A friend named me.
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