Midea U Window AC 8000BTU DEMO - WATTS & SOUND 🥶🥶🥶
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2023
- #airconditioner #airconditioning #midea
Followup torture test at 108° FIRE!!! - • Midea U Window AC 8000...
I test the popular Midea MAW08V1QWT window AC on all fan speeds with compressor on and off, eco on and off.
How quiet is it? You be the judge.
How many watts does it consume? Watt surges? Let's find out. - Авто та транспорт
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This may sound overdramatic or whatever, but videos like this are why UA-cam is a net positive in the world.
It's caters to such a tiny niche but it answers a very specific question so thoroughly.
So, thanks for this.
Very impressive, 200-300 watts wow. thank you for making this video. & thats awesome how you put the video of the plug voltmeter in the left corner of the screen
Thanks for the review I stumbled on your channel because I've actually been looking at one of these units to run completely on solar
One of my homies bought the same unit and runs on solar.
His array is big enough to charge up his batteries while running the AC and computers during the day and has enough juice to run the AC all night with power to spare.
Great testing and video
Great video....thank you!!
This is very impressive because I have researched many air conditioners. an 8000 BTU rollaround air conditioner will use about 1000 watts and is way louder than that.
You don't want a roll around, but if you do make sure its dual hose. This unit is way way more efficient and more quiet
Thanks for the review, very well documented of noise and watts used.
I want to highlight a few things i found using this air conditioner
1. There are millisamps coming out of the ground pin when the unit switches from Cooling to Fan. This is a known feature of these types of air conditioners. Side effect is if this was connected to a GFCI outlet, it would trip the GFCI because the GFCI detected a ground fault of >6 milliamperes. Invertor ACs typically have miliamps escape through the ground wire due to bad EMI filter designs. State of TX delayed a law to ban ACs connected to regular outlets due to this reason. If your home has a ground wire, its fine, but if your home lacks a ground wire, its best to avoid these types of air conditioners or do not switch from cooling to fan.
2. The filter on these units must be cleaned weekly. The app suggest monthly cleaning, but in the 5 weeks I've used mine, the blue squirrel cage used to blow the air out gets filthy dirty. This is because when the regular filter is clogged the dirt will get to the fins through large gaps and when moisture is sucked out of your room, it mixes with the dirt and eventually gets blown back into the room or gets stuck on the fan motor cage. The danger here is growth of mold and or spores inside the blue squirrel cage. Use a flash light and lift the air duct opening to peek at the cage. If there are dot like elements, you need to disassemble the unit and pressure wash the squirrel cage. Search for Midea U cleaning on youtube, there are several videos of ppl opening the unit for this reason. Spores can kill, so if you live in an area where winter does not exist, you need to clean the filter more often.
So it wont trip the GFCI if the ground is available? Please let me know as I am planning to get one for a location that only has a GFCI outlet.
@@dmitri281 the GCFI outlet is meant to trip upon detection of current on the ground wire. If you had a proper ground wire, but no GFCI outlet, should be ok.
@@falconxlc Thanks. I got one yesterday and tested. It is the 12000 BTU model from Costco and ran it connected to my GFCI outlet(has ground) and it did not trip. I tested the specific scenario of the AC turning off the compressor and switching to fan only in Auto mode and it was okay.
@@dmitri281 Awesome! Thanks for doing the experiment. Great info for someone who is in the same situation and asking the same questions!
great video
Hook a homie up with a subscribe LOL
Sorry to hear about your utility. People complain about what we have up North but compared to California… yikes. Plus we still have net metering 1:1 kWh. Once a year they buy what’s left over at cost rate. (Without delivery I believe)
Anyway thanks for the videos can’t wait to get mine!
I also bought the Midea 8000 BTU July 2023 when my house AC went out. It is very cheap to operate. So that is a plus. But just turned it on first time in 2024 and not working. NOT COOLING and error code 07. Called customer support and they will not honor the warranty unless I send a copy of receipt. Which I don't have anymore. So for around $400 I got about 4 months use out of it. Also had mold issues as most customers are noticing on the blower fan. Not happy.
Where did you get the device to measure the watts?
What about dry mode
What kind of meter is that? Where did you get it?
What is the brand of the watt meter? Looks like a Mecheer?
These are very efficient Inverter A/C units. The sound you say is loud is the quietest of any A/C unit. Also, the compressor will spin faster on a higher fan speed and lower when set to low. The compressors are high efficiency seer 15, inverter variable speed ...pretty much the best on the market!
Incredibly efficient. It uses a fraction of the power our Dometic AC draws in our camper. Quieter too. Maybe I'm being too hard on this unit.
that thing is quiet. If i made a video that close to my small ac, you can barely hear me over it. I want one of these
Efficient yes. Even when you don't want it to be. It was 93 outside and it was cooling great pulling about 1000 watts and it was 72 inside. Now we had a thunderstorm and it's 80 outside and 76 inside and pulling about 300 watts. The unit is set to 60 at high fan. You have no control on this unit, it's all based on outside temperature.
@@richardsmith1161 If you use "Auto" yes. You can also set to "Cool" and pick your fan speed. It's up to you how you use it and set it.
@@davidoliver6597 Not true. I have it set to cool and high at 62 degrees. If it's 80 outside, it should run at full power until it reaches the correct temperature.
Maximum power draw also depends on outside temperature. The hotter it is outside the higher the refrigerant pressure required and harder the compressor must run for equivalent btu transfer.
BTU transfer is dependent on refrigerant mass flow rate. The higher the compression ratio on compressor input/output, the less refrigerant mass flow for given electrical power drawn by compressor. Higher outside to inside temperature deltas means higher compression ratio on compressor.
Other factor is how much of the btu transfer energy is going into condensing humidity of inside air to water condensate. The more water condensed due to inside humidity, the less btu's available for cooling inside air. Slowing down inside blower speed increases water condensation (humidity reduction) at the expense of less air cooling.
I have 2 of these and the cooling ONLY depends on the outside temperature, If it's 95 outside and you set it to 60 or whatever the wattage goes up to around 950( I have the 1200 btu unit). If it's 85 outside. The wattage goes to around 500. Settings mean nothing. Theoretically it should cool at full power till it gets to the desired temperature. I guess they do this to save energy, but it's very frustrating.
That makes a lot of sense. We're supposed to hit 108degrees later this week I'll see how high it goes!!!
How high did it go?
@@junbox618 So, how did it go? The manual says 715W and I never even saw the Watt meter bump up for the Compressor start-up. I watched the video because it said Watts and sound, and I want to size a generator to it and was hoping to get some real world numbers.
190 watt wowwwwwwwwwww
Can you run it again with your meter and see how many amps it draws on low and high cool? I have a gaming computer with an RTX 4090 and I want it for the same reason as you. When playing games, it's like runing a heater.
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I've included amp readings. Thanks ChrisJ
I purchased one 12000-BTU for me and a year later one for my son. Both units stopped working after two years. Midea customer service didn't offer any help. I never heard that a brand new ac last two years only. I had to throw both in the garbage at a loss of $1000.00
what is the wattage when the inverter kicks on?
This first test was when I turned it on earlier in the day before it was hot out. You can watch the video to see how high it goes
Spec sheet says 42-48 db but of course just estimated.
Ya I never know what to think of db. I know I prefer not having the compressor on at all if I'm on a call for work because I don't know if it's distracting to folks that have to hear it. It's pretty quiet with noise canceling headphones on but it's definitely not a "whisper" or "library"
What is the peak watts?
My other video aimed to get a peak from a heat soaked worst case scenario. 950 is about peak, I haven't seen it break 1,000 yet.
This is cheaper than repair cost of some central air conditioning unit.
check the ,, eg4 mini split is solar
Bet it's bad ass in the shade!
used both solar and regular @@junbox618
@@junbox618 work with solar and power line
Bro this ac is whisper quiet. You must have super sonic hearing, i cant even tell if its on or not. Sometimes.
It Does sound whisper quiet... Man! when my old window ac kicks on, I have to raise the volume of my tv to hear over it...
Does Sony pay you?
Nobody pays me man, this sad channel can't be monetized until I get 500 more subscribers. No money for me. :(
@@junbox618looks like you made it!