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PIONEER MINI SPLIT INSTALL Part 1* Skoolie Conversion * Gus The Struggle Bus
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2021
- In this video, we start the installation process of the Mini-split!!! Just in time to hopefully be prepared before summer! We have an affiliate link so if you are interested in getting a mini-split please use this link!
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I absolutely can't believe you built that cabinet - mounted the mini-split and then lifted the entire thing as a unit by yourself and screwed it in while running the hoses and wires - OMG - you are AMAZING - that bus is going to be a show piece when you get it done!!!! Congrats!!!
Thank you so much Mark!! I am still pretty surprised my self ahah
Hey, thanks for the mention the other day btw! Gus is looking great! We have been SO IMPRESSED with Meredith for jumping in there and tackling so many projects single-handedly ~ way to keep the project rolling!! Can't wait to meet up with you guys on the road!
Hey guys!!!! Wow thank you so much, can not wait to see you guys out there
Meredith I loved the music you used when you were lifting the unit, it heightened the drama 😆. You are doing a great job! Once again amazed at what you're accomplishing by yourself.
Hhahah thats what it felt like for sure! Thank you so much!
Wow - You are epic.
I am wishing I was 50 years younger.
hahah thank you so much
I applaud you! Paco should be really proud!!
Thank you!! I hope so!
Amazing!!! You did that! You fucking did it!!! Hopefully the hardest part is over! You are tackling some tough projects! It's so awesome to see you keep a sense of humour when you tackle the hard stuff! We are so proud of you lady! This stuff is no joke! But on sticky hot nights you will be so happy you installed that thing! Nothing mini bout that split! Keep running towards your dreams! So much love to you! Erin + Brian too
Thank you so much!! I have a feeling it is not but thats ok! I am ready for it hhahaha, thank you guys😊
You have done a great job on the a/c and you are a awesome lady and I am very proud of you
Wow thank you so much!!
Nice job you go girl
Great job!!! One tough lady...lol
You got that right! ahha Thank you!
You guys are KILLING these projects.... FANTASTIC!
FYI, hard work makes you look AMAZING!!!
Hhahah Thank you so much!
Yes! Meredith! That was a lot of work! Starting to pull things together! Looks great!
Yes! Thank you!
My wife sends mad props! It would be an understatement to say what a frigin' great job you have been doing...from Tom & Tei!
Wow, thank you! Tell her I send them right back! we got this!
@@GustheStruggleBus Rock on!
You go!!! That’s a hard job and you HANDLED it!
Hhahah it sure was!!! Thank you!
Every time I watch one of your videos I'm simply amazed by you.
aw wow thank you so much!
Nice job! You're killing it!!
Thank you so much!
That’s awesome. I was feeling your frustration when you were lining it up. Well done.
haha you can say that again
Another great job. Just a thought, the hole you cut with the hole saw and lined with pool noodle foam. With bus movement the sharp edge will cut the foam, get into the wires and tubing. Something rubber, a big gromit will fix that. Stay safe Meredith
Thanks for the tip!
Damn girl you frackin Rock!
I have to tell you that you inspire intimidate me at same time.
Also gonna admit that I’m gonna steal that cabinet design.
Love, love, love the strong 💪🏻 work!
Hhahah if I had a dime for every-time I heard that! I am so glad you like it, steal away, that is what we are here for!!
Hey don’t try to hook up the refrigerant lines to the indoor head first. Push them up from underneath the bus,tie into the indoor head then the outdoor unit. That tubing bends easily but it can also kink easily.
Look on Amazon for “flare tite flare gaskets “
Use mineral oil on all mating refrigerant fittings and install those gaskets. At the indoor head and outdoor unit.
I’m not sure if you purchased a “diy” kit or what but usually flares are field made and installed.
Make preform a pressure test and then pull a hard vacuum on the system. They do t like any moisture in the system and they easily leak refrigerant if not installed meticulously. Good luck and ask me any more questions you may have. I’m an hvac tech and building my own bus and I’d be glad to give you advice. I’ve installed at least 200 mini split systems !
Good luck!
Wow this is some really great tips! Thank you so much, I will look into that and remember you!
Nice job!
Thank you!
Just watched the video damn Meredith your face is so RED. Wow Don't ever let anybody tell you that is not hard . I would not attempt to do that myself you make me proud girl. I am really looking for the seeing the door that you put up there. Kirk
haha yeah it was really showing in my face lol, thank you so much!!
Again, you are fantastic!!! 😁
Thanks again, you are too nice!
You did an awesome job. Just wanted to make a quick comment about something we discovered with our units. About once a year we have to totally disassemble the head units to clean them. Ours are located near doors and catch a lot of dirt.They are great units though. Cut are cooling power usage in half. Keep up the great videos and great work.
Thanks for the info!That will be helpful for upkeep! Thank you so much!
You did an amazing job!! Congratulations!
Thank you so much!!
@@GustheStruggleBus You’re welcome! I like what you’ve done so far. I will buy my school bus in a month now, so while waiting I watch your videos ;)
Your AWESOME,,, GREAT JOB. I'm building a skoolie for the last year and ALMOST FINISHED, THANK GOD!!! it's fun but alot of work. Just found your channel and subscribed. Looking forward to checking out more videos. Again FANTASTIC WORK!!!!
You can say that again hahah!! It is so much work, but one day it will allllll be worth it! Thank you so much for your support!
Awesome !!! Lady!!!!! Where’s paco he is good with electrical right?!
Thank you so much! Yes he is
I love your videos! I told my grandson to watch you since he’s also wanting to do a bus conversion. Mine is a 2005 blue bird and I love it
Wow thank you so much! That is so awesome!!!
Absolutely Amazing !!! You should be so proud of yourself !!! You make these things look so easy. Truly inspiring !!! Thank You !!!
Thank you so much!! It is not easy but it does help me build confidence!
Sorry i missed you live this week guy's, i was working. Great job again.
No problem 😊Thank you so much!
You have done a Good job.
Thank you!!
Sure u can run ac on your solar system and you do good work lady
Thank you! Yeah I will probably have to test it that way!
I'm getting a bus too mate. Loving the bus life
Yay congratulations!!
YES MEREDITH!!! 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️TFS
Thank you !!
Awesome job!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful!!! 👏👏👏
Thank you! 😊
Very nice great job
Thank you very much!
When you’re drilling holes in anything g you should be using a drill. It’s not necessarily great on the impact using it like that. Otherwise this I really cool.
Thanks for the tip!
G'day Meredith top job and I think your a marvel to put that up on your own which is no mean feet. It's square to where is Paco? We haven't seen him for awhile is he alright? Just one thing try drinking Hydrplight I'm pretty sure you would be able to get it in the states it helps with dehydration and your electrolyte balance anyhow I think great thanks for filming it regards John
Thank you so much!! I will have to look into that
You rocked it! Can we borrow you for ours?
Hhahah as long as you help me!
🤣😂
Good job
Thank you!!
Looks very professional , man!! That was hard work 😓. But very rewarding 👏🏼😁
Yes it was! Thank you!
Boss Girl!
Hhaha Thank you!
U r so amazing.
Thank you so much 😀
too bad you cannot mount the compressor part laying flat, you wouldve been able to mount it under the verry back that way oh well , done a nice job , all you might want to do is screw a few scraps of wood from the outside of the box to the bottom of the hole where you mount the whole thing too, that way the load gets spread out a bit more and the aircon isnt hanging on just the screws
hope you can borrow a vacuum pump to empty the lines before releasing the coolant thats locked inside the compressor , this prevents moisture in the lines that can cause blockages when they freese up , it allso alows you to check for leaks before you loose the gas (the stuff is kindof expensive nowadays )
if you cant find the space under the bus maibe you can extend the rearbumper to make a shelve and mount the compressor unit between the rearlight and the emergency door on top of the bumper against the rear of the bus , you could put the future generator on the other end (though it be verry close to where you sleep), does make the bus about 2 foot longer
I have a guy that is going to help me vacuum the lines! That is a great idea thank you !!
did you double up the 2x4s to get it so far away from the back wall currently trying to set mine up while watching your video 👀
Yes! That helped a ton
Do you have the dimensions for that cabinet I'd love to build it out like that as well
Not off the top of my head but I know before i looked up the dimensions of the mini split and worked off of that
Girl, ye be working to hard, its all coming together.
Thank you so much!!
Hi whatcha up to hope all is well cool cool sckoolie build enjoy ur vids also I came across a channel u might want to chk out if u have any questions about ur build it's called " navigation nowhere " and also " cheap rving " or just chk out their channels 4 ideas many blessings keep walking tall prayers 4 yall bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy building
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Yes, we love that channel! Thank you so much!!
@@GustheStruggleBus ur welcome yeah thought maybe these channels could give u few ideas cool cool keep walking tall 💪🙂
Hello, for a bus for my church..will I need t mini or will one work to cool bus??
One should work!
and why did you mount the intake under the bus opposed to mounting it above the back door
I did not like the way that looked and I did not want to have any issues with clearance
thanks for your feedback greatly appreciated
We are about to order the same unit. I didn’t realize the power comes into the outside unit either. Can you tell me how much length they give you on the power cord?
By the way great job!
I believe they will make it as long as your hoses you order but if not ours out 16 ft!
how much solar/ batteries do you have to run the mini split?!?
That depends on a lot, How much power you have and what size mini split you have. But with this set up and a sunny day I can run the mini split most of the day!
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Great vid as usual! Question: Why'd you choose the mini split for your AC unit? I see a lot of builds use it, but its so big and looks kind of cumbersome, especially with all the mounting you have to do. I'm curious (aaand a little skeptical) if it has any benefits over buying a regular, smaller unit from a big box store.
They are extremely energy efficient and they heat and cool!
Hey! That is ok, that is part of doing a build, asking questions and wanting to know the why! The mini split is very efficient and quiet. The combo of those two things make it worth it!!!
I have watched almost all of your videos, some more than once. But I don't remember seeing anything about hooking up the mini-split to the electrical source. Did you already show that? Or is it coming in the future?
Hey! Well first of all thank you so much for your support! And when ever we ran our wires we just ran one from the "electrical closet" area to the back and one to the front just so we would already have them run when it was time! We briefly mention it in our 110 wiring video!
@@GustheStruggleBus So it just goes to a battery? Sounds too easy.
You removed the heater in the front, and I remember you saying that you guys had a plan for defogging the windshield. Could you let me know how you plan on doing that? I'm sorta at this step and I'm not sure what to do.
Hey!! yes we have not tested it yet but we planed on getting a few plug in defrosters from amazon! Just make sure not to put them to close to the glass so it wont damage it!
@@GustheStruggleBus oh cool! Thanks for the reply. I was looking at those and they seemed really dangerous and that they drew a lot of power.
You need to clean the filter rite how you gonna do that?
The filter is accessable from the front
You need enough room at the top for return air that unit wont last long like that if you use it alot. You will start having parts and parts go out
YES I am the 200th like! where's my prize? LOL
Hhahah I wish I had one for you, Thank you!!!
You said you're going to put the compressor under the bus?? Won't it get muddy, full of dirt, or even damaged from road debris?
I will build a box around it other than the fan, but a lot of people have mounted theirs under the bus!
@@GustheStruggleBus I can't wait to see. The ones I've seen are on the roof, or on a rack on the bumper or something.
@@jumonjii A lot of people with coach busses put it in their under storage bays. If you put it on top, it increases the height and if you put it behind, you have to cover it because rocks can come up and hit it.
@@isaiahbangura4421 Ah. I thought they were too big for the storage bay.... I guess it depends on the bus....and the compressor size.
@@jumonjii Thats true. And they have a schoolie and had to build storage bays, which wouldn't be big enough. Usually on a coach bus if you cut some of the bottom and weld framing on, it works. Some put propane and the compressor in that same part and make it separate from the other bays with a wall.
Once again you are gangster👑and u look snazzy in those leggings!😍
Hhaha can one be gangster and look snazzy at the same time?
I am beginning to think Paco may be dead?
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Good shit! You did that shit! Change the Channel name to "Meredith And (Sometimes) Paco cus we havent seen dude in a while now. 😂 Hope hes good. But congrats on getting that mini split up by yourself. 💪
hhahahahah I just might have to! Thank you so much!!