Jeff, I am familiar with the "platform" production concept and I believe this is going on in HVAC for many years. I assume my platform is some generic Chinese package under Toshiba specs, sold as various brands around the world, as you said. I read some papers from Toshiba and Mitsubishi about how they design compressors, it looks like almost all compressors are manufactured by a handful of companies in the world, under the designer specs. My compressor is listed as a Toshiba compressor in some papers and spec sheets and most of the info comes from the actual manufacturer GMMC or something like that. Anyway - guts aside, let's focus more on the hacking. Any ideas about the HX question I had before ? I'm also considering stripping all the fins from my outdoor air coil, make it a bit more compact and encapsulate it in some sort of box or tube and run water through it. Probably cheapest option and maybe no brazing involved.
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