know, Howto – about A/C servicing

Well buying an A/C is simple, it is about some thing like buying an Elephant, and worrying about maintaining it.

Here are few things about our A/C servicing guys in Chennai during AMC – Annual Maintanance Contract usually happens to be free for the 1st year when you buy an A/C. You need to renew the AMC periodically before it gets expired. It is good as the A/C compressor are costly to be replaced.

What covers in an AMC?
It varies from vendor to vendor. The common ones are listed below

1. 4 free regular check up of A/C and cleaning of the same.
2. Compressor gas filling comes under warranty, so filling charges are free
3. taking them to their service centers are usually free with in so many KMS radius, usually free if you have large number of A/C s under AMC.

Some offer more packages to attract customers, by bringing the compressor under warranty if the A/C are new, so replacement is free.

How to service the A/C the usual method?
The below points are going to referred for the Window A/C unit

1. Outside panel and controls to be wiped with mild detergent
2. Air filters to be washed with mild detergent and water
3. Hot coils the one at the back side of the A/C unit to be cleaned using mild detergent and brush to remove mud particles
4. Cool coils the one just behind the Air filter to be cleaned using mild detergent and brush to remove dust particles
5. water hose outlet to be cleaned, and the water outlet pipes to be cleaned with detergent, to remove of dust particles which have been duly collected over a period of time.
6. The last ones to check, is for the stabilizer to have the wires intact and to have proper conductivity. Usually these wires get in bad shape due to low voltage supply, when a surge of power is draw by these stabilizer to feed the A/C unit.

There are little variation as far as the split A/C is concerned. The outside unit has to be properly cleaned, which usually doesn’t happen as some one in your family needs to supervise the entire operations.

What is that they are supposed to offer during that 1 year?
4 free regular checkup and cleaning of the A/C machine. Yeah for name sake to get their charge sheet signed. Except for the Air filter, nothing else gets cleaned up. If you ask them they will insist, this is more than enough.

What happens when you don’t get the required output from the A/C?
They start cleaning the coils, NOW

My personal experience:
I have a 1 ton Window A/C unit of the make LG 6 yrs old and 2 ton split A/C of the make carrier 1 yr old

I would rate the LG better in terms of servicing they did some decent job, where as the Carrier guys where just behind the money. They would pour a bucket of water on the outside unit which was at the roof top and just cleaning the Air filters of the inside unit of the Split A/C.

Heard from my friends that Samsung is also good in terms of servicing.

The only problem I currently face with my 1 ton LG window A/C is for the loud noise.

Would be glad to hear some constructive comments and suggestions. If you need more info please let me know. If possible I will respond to the comments and suggestions.

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Request for Chennai Corporation

Click on the Image for a large view – BTW this picture was taken during the afternoon on Sunday, so the place is not that crowded
Place:  Near Annanagar Railway station a bridge with lots of mobile Fish stalls

This road is a connection between Villivakkam and Annanagar, and believe me this road is already narrow and crowded and on top of this new mobile fish stalls just started has created hell a lot of problems for commuters.

Kindly note: I am not against the fishermen nor the traders and nor the public. I would love to have a fish stall  out there close by which doesn’t bother the traffic.

Morning time is the peak and school goers are the major sufferers.  Traffic gets the ultimate beat.

Here is the request with the solution for the Chennai corporation. Can the mobile fish stall be moved little away from the bridge to the end of the bridge there is a vacant place towards Annanagar where very few people use that road as it stinks because of the cooum river.

Christmas props shopping tips

Most of you would have already got the Christmas tree props for decoration and serial lights bulbs by now or things which had bought last year. It would be great if you can share your shopping experience.

I had been on shopping yesterday at three places in Chennai City to get some Christmas tree, stars, serial light bulbs and all or most of them. This is my first experience as I am not a Christian, but my Son wanted them to have it decorated at my home. So here are the shopping centers I visited.

1. Bharatham, Ayanavaram – My recommendation
2. Mummy Daddy, Kilpauk – Lots and Lots of props, you may even go dizzy looking at them
3. Ever Green, Ethiraj Salai just close to Sangeetha restaurant – Best and quality Christmas props among the shops I visited – Quite expensive.

How expensive and how did I determine?
I wanted to buy LED serial bulbs, prices at the above three stores

1. Bharatham – 60 LED stuff – 72 INR (Indian National Rupee)
2. Mummy Daddy – 60 LED stuff – 140 INR , 100 LED stuff – 290 INR
3. Ever Green – 100 LED stuff – 300 INR

Just not the serial bulbs some more products, showed variation in prices with the same quality of the product.

Hope, you will all share your Christmas shopping experience, and let me know who is the cheapest among the best quality product.

It is time for I-blushed.com

After Gangofgirls.com it is time for i-blushed.com

While I was coming from office today evening I saw the hoarding (above) of the i-blushed , so thought what is so special about the hoarding and there was no product mention on the hoarding. The hoarding found its bait.

Pinkish website or rather a girlish website from Ponds, This website is not about Social networking for women of that sort. It is about sharing their personal experience on how their men did some thing for the lady to blush or rather looking at their appearance what men did things to make them blush.

The lady standing out there on the website kept doing wild things, but didn’t look that funny or neither gather that much interest. She needs some more words or roles to play around.

She just kept nagging if the website was kept open for some time let us say a minute or more or asking you to “post something, and here is the idea”.

Good flash website in terms of UI but lacks features when compared to gangofgirls.com (sunsilk)

I-blushed.com is more on brand building exercise on ponds beauty care products along with personal experience of women who would love to share those wonderful moments (sounds like old women giving a talk about what happened yesterday) well that is what the advertisement in television was all about.

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Any Plans to Buy A/C – Air conditioner

Do you have any plans to buy A/C in chennai?
Here are few to do’s and don’t before you buy one to beat the heat in chennai.

This guide is intended for home users with decent budget.

A/C – Air conditioner are available in two variants

Split A/C: The outdoor hold the compressor unit while the indoor houses for the blower.
Benefits:

1. Less noise as the compressor unit is placed outside
2. Copper tubes and wires can be consealed so your interior looks neat.
3. Positioning of the internal unit at desired place.

Losses:

1. More the copper wiring, more is the transmission loss because of heat. (Internal unit and the external unit are connected with copper tubes)
2. power consumption is more compared to window A/C with same ton Capacity.

Window A/C:
Benefits:

1. Less power consumption when compared to Split

Losses:

1. Can be noisy after few years of installation
2. Cannot be positioned where ever on your room. If needed you may have make a block of hole on the wall
3. The are certain situation where you cannot install a window A/C, as there is no option other than to opt for Split A/C

To do’s:

1. Do the ground work, before you decide to buy. Call up an A/C mechanic or an Electrician next door and check whether your 3 Phase power points can house for your A/C (balance the power usage between rooms)
2. Check the room size, ask him which A/C would suit or currently needed. The Split or Window A/C. If there is an option for Window A/C prefer that, If your are looking to save money on electricity bills.

Don’ts:

1. If you are staying on the top floor with an open terrace or ground floor with open terrace. Kindly arrange for false roofing.
2. If your loft and the shelves are open try to cover them. If left open A/C take more time to cool the room.

Places to look for A/C
Well lot of stores offer A/C mela’s do watch out for these stores, compare the rates and decide. Here is my choice or stores listed below

1. Rathna Fan house / Rathna Cool store (not on the main road little inside) and not Ratna Firm house this is on the main road
   
2. Jayam & Co
3. Shahs
4. Viveks

What you need to check when Buying A/C from the dealer
Window A/C:

1. Free Home delivery, what is the extra cost if you are outside city outskirts
2. Installation charge (1000 INR approx)
3. Wooden frame work to hold the Window A/C (450 INR approx)
4. Check for water outlet provision or arrange one on your own.
5. Stabilizer the most important one
6. A/C power socket with box – (500 INR Approx)

Split A/C:

1. Free Home delivery, what is the extra cost if you are outside city outskirts
2. Installation charge (1000 INR approx)
3. How many meters of Copper Cables is free, What is extra Copper cables per meter cost (currently 450 INR/meter).
4. How many meters of 3 core electric Cables are free (Power supply for the A/C internal and external unit + the Power console). If they don’t provide, buy from the local store.
5. Cost of L shaped brackets to house the unit (750 INR)
6. Check for water outlet pipes provision and cost of pipes
7. Stabilizer the most important one. Do check for double booster options.
8. A/C power socket with box – (500 INR Approx)

Some dealers offer few freebies, don’t fall for it. Models are your choice which I don’t want to discuss about.

Important: Carrier has launched new models priced very high which talks about energy conservation with 5 Star rating. While the other A/C manufacturers say the Star rating would come to effect only in late June 07 which the energy conservation ministry had announced on the News paper daily recently. Not sure about which one is true. Think twice before you decide.

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