MINI SPLIT SYSTEM INSTALL

Here's how I mounted the inside although I'm not sure I don't trust it not to fall off the mount.
Gonna organize the wires and put wire clamps behind the panels. Only 2 2 inch holes drilled on the floor as I ran the lines from under the floor.
Wanted to make sure it works great before I get everything all neat.
Started the unit when it was 109 inside the cab outside temp of 103. Within 2 hours it had whole cab down to 69 and still cooling.
I did run my power cord off a heavy duty 10 gauge extension cord. As it will be nice to be able to plug in while home or at a place with power.
Very impressed with power. I did this over 3 days but the heat has been insane and I'm currently on antibiotics to help clear up a infection in my lungs. So worked like 15 mins then took a break for awhile and back at It.
I did order new pipe insulation as I had to remove the one from bigger line to feed it.

 

Should work pretty good. I would want to hide all those wires and lines somehow if it was me. I cant stand looking at bare stuff like that.

 

It's not hard. This is the one I bought and built my stainless rack with. It's dual voltage, but really runs a lot better on 240V even when doing light stuff within the range of 120V. You need AC for aluminum, plus balance and frequency control preferably. It will also need a tank of Ar gas from a welding supply, along with consumables.

Those flux core MIG welders are great for something you don't care about the looks of. Welding up fence hardware, tractor implements, and the like. If anything, buy that one and just do some practice on scrap or some small projects to get the feel of it. It's cheap enough not to be a huge disappointment, and may come in handy for rough work around the house that comes up from time to time.

I also have a little Lincoln 120V MIG and it took about one inch of weld with flux core wire before I decided it looked like hammered poop and ordered the gas kit and a 10lb roll of .035 solid wire. One of those lessons from the school of hard knocks. By the time I "upgraded" that Lincoln 100, I could have spent the same money or a little more, and gotten a much more capable 240V MIG machine from HF. Which, I ultimately ended up doing anyway with the ProTIG 205, just runs a different process. It does come with a stick lead in case you still want to use flux rod outside on a fence post on a windy day.

 

I've got the Chicago Electric Harbor Freight flux core welder, bought it for like $99 a few years ago, and I've built all kinds of stuff with it. It is great for learning to weld, and possibly all you'll ever need if you don't plan on doing aluminum. I like that it is pretty portable and doesn't need any bottles of gas to operate.