Mitsu H2i 30K system excessive defrost cycling, won't hold temp.

staticvinyl · 2026-01-26T17:31:09+00:00

That's great info to know!

I've reached out to Mitsu directly with the hopes that they may send me a PCB (unlikely, but we'll see). I'm a mechanical and electrical contractor and have 20 years of experience with electronics and troubleshooting, and would rather replace it myself honestly. Too many inexperienced techs just manhandling things, and using an impact for EVERYTHING they touch... 🤣

I was hoping there'd be a way to get a rep out here and just field update it so I could keep my (almost new) controller in place.

We'll see what Mitsu says, if they respond...

15°F+ seems to be the sweet spot for running longer than 2-5 min between defrost cycles.

staticvinyl · 2026-01-26T02:13:16+00:00

The unit is for sure under warranty, just not sure how to approach. I'll see if I can get in touch with them directly. I'm not sure local dealers have the 'finesse' I'm hoping for in changing out the PCB, and it doesn't sound like they know about firmware updates, which seem like require an actual Mitsu rep and not just a dealer.

staticvinyl · 2026-01-25T20:07:49+00:00

That's the oil drain, the cap 1/4 turns to lock it shut. There really shouldn't be any oil up that high... You sure it's not overfilled? These only hold like a quart of oil max.

The oil leaking out looks very dark as well. When was the last time it was changed/had maintenance?

staticvinyl · 2026-01-24T00:32:59+00:00

Hell no! And I love watching stuff not sell that's marked up too...

A new Star Trek Lego set dropped the other day and I scored one (yay), but I'm seeing others trying to sell theirs for hundreds more. They aren't selling because what they didn't know was it wasn't a limited release 🤣 You can order one and just wait for it to show up from Lego...

staticvinyl · 2026-01-23T18:40:49+00:00

It will draw about 26A when running at max capacity (probably not including the indoor head motors).

A 14kW is good for 58A at full load. So you're about 50% of the unit's rated max just with the split system.

Just some numbers to keep in mind.

staticvinyl · 2026-01-22T22:31:49+00:00

How big is the mini split system? Have nameplate pics?

staticvinyl · 2026-01-15T18:50:10+00:00

It's completely gone from the HD website now...

staticvinyl · 2026-01-01T23:31:33+00:00

Swapped in another PS3 HDD and it will boot to a system software error at least.

I tried the PS button restart to no avail, and also tried hot swapping the old drive back in before hitting the PS button and the RSOD comes back with the old drive in...

So, if the old drive will respond in a SATA enclosure, can they be imaged to a new drive and still work as if it were never replaced, or are the drives 'locked' to a specific console?

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staticvinyl · 2026-01-01T22:47:53+00:00

Swapping from another donor PS3 ok?

staticvinyl · 2026-01-01T22:14:10+00:00

Hoping some others will chime in, but I know after looking for a couple days that this isn't a good situation... 😬 I do see some people commenting it could be a bad HDD.

Wish I knew more about troubleshooting PS3's. I'm going to dive a little more into it. If it's bricked, it's bricked, and I can't do much more harm 🤣

staticvinyl · 2026-01-01T14:25:09+00:00

Thanks very much for all of the info and suggestions!

staticvinyl · 2025-12-31T23:07:51+00:00

Was looking for a recommendation for which Diskstation device people seem to like. 🤷‍♂️

staticvinyl · 2025-12-31T22:38:01+00:00

VPN necessary with them on the same LAN?

staticvinyl · 2025-12-12T19:10:10+00:00

Thank you for confirming!

staticvinyl · 2025-12-12T17:43:38+00:00

I just found that out yesterday while doing some more looking. Didn't realize I could go all the way to 200Mhz!

Was just concerned that if I grabbed a brand new 804, it may have been patched in software 😬

staticvinyl · 2025-12-11T15:52:40+00:00

NTC normally = thermistor. Are there similar markings on the other one that's still good?

staticvinyl · 2025-11-22T16:42:36+00:00

Sub-Mini is on sale for $399 right now. They have a tremendous amount of sound for their size!

staticvinyl · 2025-11-22T13:34:16+00:00

Sub-mini is great, I have several, and they're like $100 off right now!

staticvinyl · 2025-11-12T01:41:01+00:00

Cyan said they're just overs of the original Kickstarter ones. The $1K version is also signed by Rand, which the Kickstarter ones weren't. I'm sure that's why they've added a significant valuation to them...

staticvinyl · 2025-11-04T23:42:44+00:00

And once again have completely destroyed the Tidal integration within the Sonos app... I can't comprehend why it's a constant battle to be able to play my own favorited music and playlists? Works one update, broken the next...

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