Anyone can install a CoolBot. Here's the basic installation instructions (detailed instructions with pictures as well as a toll-free support number come with your order).
Install any brand of window A/C unit which you've purchased separately. (See the table below for sizing.) We just cut a sloppy hole in the wall of our home-built walk-in cooler with a chain saw, stuffed the A/C unit into the hole, and then used “Great Stuff” foam sealant to seal up the gaps.
Plug the CoolBot into a standard A/C outlet - it uses no more electricity to run than a cell-phone charger, so no special electrical connections are needed.
There are three labeled wires coming out of CoolBot: one measures the temperature of the room, just let it hang free.
The second wire (labeled frost sensor) you stick into the cooling vent fins of the A/C unit. It holds there on its own, you don't need tape or screws or anything.
Attach the third wire to the temperature sensor you see sticking out of the front of your A/C unit. (It's the only thing you'll see attached to the front fins of your A/C unit. Sometimes it's black with a little bulbous end... sometimes white with a little bulbous end... Just wrap the CoolBot wire and the end of that temperature sensor together using a small 1/2 inch by 1 inch piece of aluminum foil to ensure a good thermal connection.
There are three buttons on the CoolBot - Set the first one (labelled Room temperature) to your desired temperature (between 33-60 degrees F).
That's really all there is to it!
Your should be finished in 2-3 minutes and be seeing results below your a/c units normal capabilities within 10-15 minutes after that! The time it takes to reach your desired temperature obviously depends... someone in AZ with a starting ambient temperatures of 109 and an uninsulated (109 degree) concrete floor is going to take longer than someone in NY with an ambient temperature of 85 and an insulated floor!
If you follow our specifications (below) EVERYONE will be able to reach their desired temperatures (we even have people using CoolBots in Dubai this year! Heat is NOT a problem.
No permanent modifcations are made to the a/c units.
Room size to a/c size ration for rooms that insulated to industry standard
4" solid styrofoam floor/walls/ceiling and cooling to 35 deg F.
Florists and Convenience stores using glass display doors
should call for adjusted sizing recommendations.
