Reviews for ACIQ 3 Ton 14.3 SEER2 Air Conditioner with Mobile Home Coil| R454B

Working great.

I've never worked with ACIQ before, but have heard good things and the warranty is promising, so I decided to take a chance with this system for a mobile-home-sale renovation I've been doing. After doing the install and using the system for a few weeks, I'm overall very impressed for the price I paid and have some thoughts.

First, manufacturing quality seems very good in terms of surface coatings on the outdoor compressor/condenser and I'm sure the system will last a very long time before corrosion becomes an issue. Second, the compressor/condenser is incredibly quiet while operating - so much so I can't even hear it running when I walk around the corner from where the system is located on a pad. The evaporator coil appears to be well made as well - on tier with Aspen coils if not an actual Aspen coil.

As for things I didn't like that much, they are kind of petty and trivial, but worth mentioning. First, the receiver drier included with the system is NOT integrated inside the compressor/condenser housing and will need to be brazed on. Based on photos, I thought the RD was integrated inside. The compressor/condenser unit itself is also huge for a 3-ton system - taking up almost the entirety of what I thought would be an oversized 32x32-inch concrete block stand. The outdoor unit thing is also very tall (nearly four feet) and quite heavy (pushing 160 pounds) for a 3-ton. There were also a lot of inconsistencies with included documentations and labels. For instance, on the outdoor unit contactor, ACIQ labels terminals (load and live) with an odd nomenclature that doesn't match their own wiring diagram in the printed documents, but seems to accord with the sticker on the electrical cover plate. The sheet metal for the bottom of the electrical box is also a bit flimsy and is sagging noticeably already from just the weight of the wiring whip. In my case, with a 4-wire thermostat cable to work with, wiring the included RDS took a bit of head scratching to figure out. Another issue with the RDS wiring diagram is that the CC wiring is pretty ambiguous as I used both the "no CC" and "thermostat" white wires in order to make the RDS work like it should. Altogether, though, the RDS did and has worked and passed all tests the first time. The evaporator itself had no room on the suction manifold in order to horizontally mount the TXV bulb inside the evaporator housing, so I had to do a vertical mount on the suction line outside the evaporator housing. The TXV seems to be performing fine, but I had to liberally wrap the bulb in insulation tape. Once the cap was cut off, the suction line off of the suction manifold appeared to be only 3/4-inch which was disappointing considering the outdoor unit has and calls for a 7/8 suction line. I had to swage the cut end quite a bit to slip securely inside my 7/8 line, but at the end of the day, it all brazed together and passed pressure testing and vacuum. Finally, the liquid line coming off the TXV was oriented in such a way that I couldn't bend it to come out neatly and perpendicularly from the evaporator housing, so I ended up cutting most of it off and making my own custom double-90-degree pipe with swaged ends to slip over the nub off of the TXV and the liquid lineset.

None of these critiques would probably concern an experienced HVAC guy, but DIYers should take note that you'll probably have to do some tricks in order to make things work. Overall, I'm pretty darn impressed with this system for the price point and would definitely consider another AcIQ when I need to install another system.

Very Happy

It did what I wanted it to do it’s okay
I got into an arguement with my family though when I read 3 ton I assume it was going to be very heavy so I spent money on a specialized tool to pick it up but when it showed up it wasn’t heavy in fact I could carry it myself I don’t like the fact my family argued with me about it but I wished I wasn’t a fool and assumed it was going to be 3 ton who even knows what the hell tonnage mean I just wish there was some kind of bigass bright letters and words saying it’s not actually 3 ton

Unit arrived quickly with no damage. Works much more efficient than the one I replaced. Luckily, I got one before they were all gone!

It took a hit hard enough to bend the wire grill and fins. The super nice shipping box was untouched . But when the thick corrugated shipping cardboard was removed, there was the dent which seemed to be there before it was shipped. The liquid line was bent (but not kinked) off to the side as well.
Was I happy about that ? No. But it needed to be put in service and I was glad to find a 410a unit at this point.
I can't see the dent from my house as they say. But it should have been a "scratch and dent special" in my opinion.

so far so good. I had to get a few parts made, but up and running!

product arrived very quickly with no damage. works flawlessly much more efficient than the one i replaced.

The AC started right up after finishing the brazing, purge and vacuum. The only minor thing is the 3/8" liquid side needs a coupling brazed on to get a strong connection. I like that a filter drier was included and the build quality was significantly better than the equipment I was ripping out.

Great to deal with easy pickup and great product