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WALL AIR CONDITIONER SINCLAIR VISION ASH-12BIV - is it worth it?

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Is the Sinclair Vision ASH-12BIV worth buying for a 60 m² apartment, or is the LG alternative quieter and better for cooling and heating support?

The Sinclair is basically a rebadged Chinese Midea unit: it is decent, but not very technically sophisticated; LG is a bit higher-end and quieter, while the failure rate is probably similar [#17716893] For real-world use, a 3.5 kW unit is not especially powerful, so if the apartment has absorbed heat it may take hours to reach the set temperature; the advice was to pre-cool with a timer before returning instead of judging it after a short run [#18047796]
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  • #1 17707347
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    New apartment about 60 sq m
    Air-conditioning in the living room with kitchen + open corridor of about 30 sq m

    Something like that is recommended by the editor ....

    LINK: http://www.sinclair.pl/oferta/klimatyzatory-split/scienne/seria-vision/ash-12biv.html

    I'm worried that it is a bit loud, 28dB, which is much more than the 19dB offered by the LG ....

    I also competitively found such LG http://klima-sklep.pl/klimatyzacja/13080-klimatyzator-scienny-lg-deluxe-dc12rq.html

    I have to decide quickly

    I am asking for opinions for and against, because I do not know the subject at all.
    I will live alone, the top floor of the window from the north-east, so without the sun.
    I also care about supporting heating.
    The air-conditioning will be used sporadically when it is hot or cold after returning from a business trip to warm up.

    Will I find something better and quieter at this price?
    about 3500 PLN with assembly

    Urgent matter, thanks in advance for your help
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  • #2 17715308
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Nobody Nothing?
    Any info please ...
    Tomorrow I have to make a decision ....
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    #3 17716893
    gag70
    Level 24  
    Sinclair is a Chinese Midea. The product is not bad, but it does not sin with technical sophistication. LG stands a bit higher, which can be seen even in the mentioned volume.

    As for the failure rate, it is probably similar,
    not bad shelf.
  • #4 18014954
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Gentlemen, the air conditioning is already hanging, average cooling, I thought it would be more efficient ... but ok ...
    The problem is that I want to check all the functions, and after turning on the heating, the air conditioning closes ...

    Is it because it's so warm?
    Is that some kind of flaw? Because I would like to check it as long as there is a guarantee ...
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  • #5 18043430
    gag70
    Level 24  
    I do not know about this model, but in Midei devices it is usually the case that heating starts with the chiller defrost cycle and the described behavior fits it. It is summer so defrosts will be over soon.

    Why and what for?
    Because a Chinese, and why - you would have to ask the yellow ones.
  • #6 18043478
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    after turning on the heating, the air conditioning closes ...

    It's normal. The fan will open and start the fan when the JW exchanger reaches about 35 oC (this limit looks different, depending on the manufacturer)
    gag70 wrote:
    In Midei appliances, it is usually the case that heating begins with a chiller defrost cycle

    This often happens when the control does not take into account the outside temperature in the control algorithm, but works blindly. As for heating, it is not known what happened before and defrosting the JZ exchanger.
    Attention. I suggest not to turn on the heating at such outdoor temperatures. Depending on the "wisdom" of automation, this may lead to uninteresting consequences. Including damage (e.g. leakage) of the air conditioner, incl.

    And so, out of curiosity, I will ask. Have you read the user manual?
    plastifon wrote:
    Gentlemen, the air conditioning is already hanging, moderately cool

    What is this "cooling average"? You measured the air temperature at the inlet and outlet of the JW.
    The difference should be at least 10 ° C at the highest speed of the JW fan.
  • #7 18047107
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Of course, I measured and it is even more than 10st around 15, but in the room after about 4 hours of walking on TURBO and setting 23 it was still 26, is it not normal?
    Of course, I read the instructions
  • #8 18047249
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    I measured and it is even more than 10 around 15,

    What did you measure? What temp made the difference?
    Did you take a second measurement at the end of these 4 hours?
    plastifon wrote:
    in the room, after about 4 hours of walking on TURBO and setting 23, there were still 26,

    I mean where? Enter the measurement point (!) More precisely, because the room is about 30 m2 and probably about 75 m3.
    plastifon wrote:
    it's not normal, isn't it?

    It is difficult to judge from such meager information. You would have to know the situation exactly. For example, were the windows open? Heat gains from e.g. the sun. Air humidity. Temperature distribution. Place of installation of the air conditioner and measurement place. E.t.c.
    3.5 kW is not crazy. With hot walls and other heat gains, there may be no effect of temperature changes during this time.
    It is not known where JZ is and what conditions prevailed there.
    You can only control the temperature difference at the highest (!) Fan speed from time to time and check whether the inlet temperature drops.
  • #9 18047504
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    I measured the temperature at the outlet with a room thermometer, earlier I read the ambient temperature and the temperature dropped about 15 degrees
    Living room with a kitchen about 25 sq m
    Windows from the north and east, there was no sun
    The windows are closed
    The bedroom door is locked
    Brand new apartment building, 25 cm of polystyrene insulation on the walls
    Top floor, roof insulated with 25 cm polystyrene

    I measured the temp where I sit about 5 meters from the air conditioning in the living room.

    It is interesting that it recognizes the ambient temperature even higher than it is on the thermometer

    The thermometer shows 26 and the indoor climate shows 28
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  • #10 18047615
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    I measured the temperature at the outlet with a room thermometer, earlier I read the ambient temperature and the temperature dropped around 15

    jack63 wrote:
    You measured the air temperature at the inlet and outlet of the JW.

    Can't you see the difference ??? By the way, JW is an indoor unit of an air conditioner.
    As you can see, the air conditioner is smarter than you because it shows 28 and you measured 26.
    If the JW displays the measured temperature, it is enough to measure the air temperature (!) At the outlet.
    The room thermometer, depending on which one, is not exact.
    It turns out that the heat is ok. Assuming that the JW fan runs at max. You don't write anything about fan speed!
    plastifon wrote:
    I measured the temp where I sit about 5 meters from the air conditioning in the living room.

    How high is it from the floor and how is it to the air stream from the Military Unit?
    There is no such thing as "room temperature"!
    It can be medium or at a specific point in the room. At each point inside @ v and the room temp is different.
  • #11 18047645
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Temp measured on the table, i.e. about 60 cm from the floor
    A stream directed in this direction
    TURBO fan, so I assume! That it is max.

    Well, if he's wiser, it's even worse
    Because since I set 23, he cooled down in 4 hours only by 2 degrees?
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    #12 18047796
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    Well, if it's wiser, it's even worse
    Because since I set 23, he cooled down in 4 hours only by 2 degrees?

    He's smarter, but unfortunately weak, and your expectations are too high. Maybe you had to wait longer?
    The walls have accumulated a lot of heat and it takes time to stop heating the room. In addition, the "cold" must "spread throughout the room". It all goes on.
    plastifon wrote:
    TURBO fan, so I assume! That it is max.

    Turbo applies to the fan itself or the air conditioner as a whole, and it's not the same.
    Set the fan to last gear manually from the remote control. Target temperature at 24 - 25 oC. I always do that. Keep in mind that this temperature is measured in the air conditioner itself, which is quite high. After the room has cooled down (!), The temperature at the table level may be 2-3 degrees lower.
    To make sure that the air conditioner is working properly, measure the outlet temperature about half an hour after turning it on and every hour.
    If you want to maintain the average room temperature, do not switch it off for a long time. It will turn off the compressor itself or minimize the power consumption when the temperature measured by it is approx.
    The basic mistake that users make is to turn on the air conditioner when they return to a warm apartment. This must be done in advance. Sometimes several hours. That's what the timer is for. Then you come back to the cooled apartment and the energy consumption is optimal.
    In addition to testing operation, it is better to set the fan to auto.
  • #13 18049302
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Good point, she has wifi and the applications have to take care of it and I will turn on remotely for 3-4 hours before returning
    Similarly with heating.

    And I have another question
    How the air condition works in AUTO mode, not the blower, but the whole air condition in general
    There is such a mode but it is not very described
    I am to understand that it decides when to heat and when to cool?

    Or how?
  • #14 18049312
    Krzysztof Kamienski
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    How the air condition works in AUTO mode, not the blower, but the whole air condition in general
    It does everything it can to maintain the set temperature. Cools, heats, blows, ties ties ... :cry:
  • #15 18049405
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    I am to understand that it decides when to heat and when to cool?

    Yes. As a rule, although it depends on the manufacturer, it takes place within + - 2 oC from the setting. When it is above 2 oC from the supercharger, it cools down to the set point. When it drops below 2oC from the setpoint, it switches to heating and heats up to the setpoint.
    The point is not to be overwhelmed by too frequent change of work mode, because it takes a lot of time.
  • #16 18050758
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Approx
    Only in the AUTO mode I cannot set anything, not even the temperature.
    So what temperature will it maintain?
  • #17 18050859
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    So what temperature will it maintain?

    Read in the manual ...
    As a rule, the "middle" temperature, which I wrote about above, is 24-25 oC if it cannot be changed.
    Such a charm of the Chinese. They generally have poor driver software. Fewer temperature sensors and everything is "optimized" to ... somehow work.
    Often there is even no security that can be implemented programmatically. For example, a loss of refrigerant or a compressor breakdown can be very approximated by temperature measurements, but it is not.
  • #18 18053271
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Today
    I was looking in the hotel air conditioning and after pressing this triangle with arrows, i.e. I suppose full automatic, it displays 20. Well, it's a bit cold, I guess?
    And also it cannot be changed from the remote control

    GREE company here
  • #19 18053292
    jack63
    Level 43  
    The hotel may have systems consisting of many indoor units and one or two units. The so-called VRV. Then there is a central controller and the visitor may have limited room for maneuver.
    Anyway, it is not known what you pressed and how it works?
  • #20 18057287
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    WALL AIR CONDITIONER SINCLAIR VISION ASH-12BIV - is it worth it?
    I checked in the manual and there is nothing about the AUTO mode.

    Yes, I do not fully understand how it works, can someone explain? WALL AIR CONDITIONER SINCLAIR VISION ASH-12BIV - is it worth it?
  • #21 18057325
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    I checked in the manual and there is nothing about the AUTO mode.

    In the manual what ??? Enter the type of device, because it is not known whether you mean a hotel device or the topic?
  • #22 18057409
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    Of course it's a Sinclair device ... which I have at home
  • #23 18057431
    jack63
    Level 43  
    How is it no auto mode?
    According to the Polish (!) Instructions, you have:
    Mode indicator (MODE)
    informs about the current operating mode:
    Automatic
    / Cooling /
    Drainage
    / Ventilation
    /
    Heating (only in units
    equipped with this function)
    Check at yourself.
    The service manual says:
    When selecting auto mode, air conditioner will operate automatically according to ex-factory setting. Set temperature cant be adjusted and
    will not be displayed as well.
  • #24 18057438
    plastifon
    Level 14  
    I know, I've seen ...
    But it is not explained how it works

    What does it mean that it will work in AUTO mode?
    I understand that it has to keep the temperature, if you need to heat it, if you need to cool it
    But on what parameters? Which functions does it use! What about ionization, what about dehumidification, what fan mode?

    Added after 5 [minutes]:

    Well, there is nothing about what these ExFactory settings are
    Even in the DTR as I checked
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    #25 18057873
    jack63
    Level 43  
    plastifon wrote:
    there is nothing about what these ExFactory settings are

    Ask the manufacturer a question ....
    This is a disgrace, because for other Chinese it is given, but usually only in the service center, information about how this mode works, and here's a doopa ...
    This is the equipment you have chosen, this is what you have ....

Topic summary

✨ The discussion revolves around the Sinclair Vision ASH-12BIV wall air conditioner, particularly its performance and noise level compared to an LG model. The user expresses concerns about the unit's noise level of 28dB, which is significantly higher than the 19dB of the LG model. Responses indicate that while Sinclair, a brand associated with Chinese manufacturer Midea, offers decent products, LG is generally regarded as superior in terms of technical sophistication and quieter operation. Users share experiences with the Sinclair unit, noting average cooling performance and issues with heating functionality, particularly during warm weather. The conversation also touches on the air conditioner's AUTO mode, which automatically adjusts between heating and cooling based on temperature settings, although details on its operation are sparse. Overall, the consensus suggests that while the Sinclair model is functional, users may have higher expectations regarding efficiency and noise levels.
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TL;DR: Sinclair Vision ASH-12BIV emits 28 dB, 9 dB louder than LG Deluxe’s 19 dB [Elektroda, plastifon, post #17707347] "LG stands a bit higher" [Elektroda, gag70, post #17716893] For a 30 m² living-kitchen, users reported only a 2 °C drop after 4 h [Elektroda, plastifon, post #18047504]

Why it matters: Correct sizing and feature choice prevent noise, slow cooling and wasted energy.

Quick Facts

• Cooling capacity: 3.4–3.6 kW (≈12 000 BTU) — suitable for 25–35 m² rooms [“Sinclair Vision spec”, “LG DC12RQ datasheet”] • Indoor noise (low fan): Sinclair 28 dB; LG 19 dB [Elektroda, plastifon, post #17707347] • Installed cost in PL: ≈ 3 500 PLN with mounting [Elektroda, plastifon, post #17707347] • SEER 6.1, SCOP 4.0 for ASH-12BIV (A++/A+) [“Sinclair Vision spec”] • Warranty: 5 years parts, annual service required [Sinclair Poland]

Is the Sinclair ASH-12BIV good value against the LG Deluxe DC12RQ?

At 3 500 PLN installed the Sinclair is ~15 % cheaper, but it is 9 dB noisier and lacks LG’s plasma filter. Performance and failure rates are rated “not bad shelf” yet technically simpler [Elektroda, gag70, post #17716893] Pay more only if silence or extra filtration matters.

How loud is 28 dB in a living room?

28 dB equals a quiet library; 19 dB is a whisper. Every 3 dB doubles acoustic power, so Sinclair is ~8× louder than LG at low fan [“WHO Noise Guidelines”]. Most users notice the difference when reading or watching TV.

Will 3.5 kW reliably cool a 30 m² open-plan area?

Yes, but slowly. One user saw a 2 °C drop in 4 h despite a 15 °C vent difference [Elektroda, plastifon, post #18047504] Heat stored in walls and furniture delays results. Expect faster cooling if you pre-start the unit before arrival.

Why do the louvers close when I enable heating in summer?

The control starts with a defrost cycle and waits until the indoor coil hits ≈35 °C before the fan opens [Elektroda, jack63, post #18043478] This prevents blowing cold air. It is normal and not a fault.

What vent temperature drop proves the AC works?

Measure inlet and outlet air at maximum fan: a ≥10 °C difference means healthy refrigerant charge [Elektroda, jack63, post #18043478]

How does AUTO mode work if I cannot set a temperature?

Factory AUTO targets about 24–25 °C. The microcontroller cools when room is > 2 °C above and heats when < 2 °C below that point [Elektroda, jack63, post #18049405] No manual override exists on this model.

How can I pre-cool my flat using Wi-Fi?

  1. In the app, set Cooling 24 °C and High fan. 2. Schedule start 3 h before arrival. 3. Let the unit run; it will throttle once setpoint is reached [Elektroda, plastifon, post #18049302]

Can running HEAT mode in hot weather damage the unit?

Yes. High ambient combined with defrost cycles may cause over-pressure or refrigerant leaks on budget models without advanced safeguards [Elektroda, jack63, post #18043478] Avoid heating above 20 °C outdoor.

Is Sinclair really made by Midea?

Yes; Sinclair re-brands Chinese Midea hardware, sharing compressors, controllers, and spare parts [Elektroda, gag70, post #17716893] Quality equals mid-range Midea lines.

How do I check performance step-by-step?

  1. Run Cooling at max fan for 30 min.
  2. Record inlet and outlet air temperatures.
  3. Repeat hourly; ≥10 °C delta confirms normal operation [Elektroda, jack63, post #18047249]

What energy cost should I expect?

At full load the unit draws ≈1 kW. Four summer hours daily equal 120 kWh/month, about 90 PLN at 0.75 PLN/kWh [Polish Energy Regulator 2023]. SEER 6.1 halves consumption in moderate weather.

Can I boost cooling without replacing the AC?

Close blinds, seal doors, run High fan for 30 min, then switch to AUTO. This can shave 1–2 °C off room temperature without extra hardware [“ASHRAE Comfort Guide”].
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