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The same tub needs a different machine in Karen, in Diani and in the Mara. Sizing a chiller nationally is how you end up with one that runs flat out for five years.
Indicative band: 80 – 950 thousand KES, supplied and installed in Kenya.
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What we install
An outdoor-rated cabinet with a titanium heat exchanger, because the water is cold, circulating and usually ozonated, and stainless pits under those conditions. Insulated hoses connecting low in the tub wall so nothing crosses the rim.
It runs to a setpoint in cycles and lets the lid do the overnight work, which is what gives a compressor a life expectancy rather than a warranty period.
Sizing by location
Highlands: the standard tables work, and often a size down is genuinely adequate because the nights do so much of the job.
Coast: a step up, always, plus sealed and filtered enclosure and A4 fixings. Warm humid nights mean the unit never gets a rest.
Bush: a step up for ambient and a dust package on top — washable pre-filters, sealed housing and a three-month service interval in the dry season.
Service across a large country
Nairobi weekly. Coast and bush in scheduled blocks so several properties share the travel, which is how the interval stays affordable rather than theoretical.
Every coastal visit includes a corrosion inspection; every bush visit includes a dust inspection and a filter change.
In short
- Titanium heat exchanger in every installation
- Sized by location, not nationally — highlands, coast and bush differ
- Sealed and filtered enclosures at the coast; dust packages in the bush
- Service in scheduled blocks so travel is shared between sites
Questions
Chillers & plant in Kenya
Can you service a unit I bought myself?
If parts are obtainable. Send the model number before you buy — most units we are asked to fix were sized for the wrong part of the country.
How loud is it?
About a domestic air-conditioning outdoor unit. Behind planting, inaudible.
What happens in a power cut?
An insulated lidded tub holds temperature for many hours and the unit restarts by itself.
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