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November 19, 2007
Thernostat for "Ice Air" PTAC unit?
I'm looking into buying a condo that has PTAC units in each apartment. (PTAC= "Package Terminal Air Conditioner" - those AC/heating units often found in hotels)
There is no thermostat set up in the room for these units. They do have a low/med/high knob but no thermostat.
How difficult would it be to hook up a wireless thermostat that would shut the unit off when it reached a certain temp?
I called "Ice Air," the company that makes the unit, and they said it would be about $500 per unit to add a thermostat -- that's totally CRAZY since a new unit is about that price!
Any advice/help would be great!
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please excuse the typo (thernostat=thermostat)
Posted by: davester at November 19, 2007 1:57 PM
PTAC's are so 1980s. Get out of there. You'll spend a fortune on energy bills.
Posted by: guest at November 19, 2007 2:13 PM
The heat is produced by furnaces in the basement of the building, so for heat the PTAC is just a fan. A/C comes from the unit though.
Does that change things?
Posted by: davester at November 19, 2007 3:23 PM
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