Air Conditioning
If you live in a very warm country, or even one that merely has hot summers, it is just delightful to be able to sit in your home without baking. Especially at night as being too hot can prevent you from getting a good night’s rest. Likewise, when you are at work. We all know the pleasure of walking into a cool, air conditioned building, like a bank on a hot summer’s day.
Total air conditioning like this used to be the prerogative of office blocks and the very wealthy, but it is becoming more general now. In fact, if you already have ducting throughout your house to be used in association with a central heating system, a total air conditioning system could cost as little as $4,000.
I know that $4,000 is not an inconsequential amount, but if you do not have the ducting already, you can add another $3,000 to $4,000. These figures refer to a typical three or four bedroomed house or apartment.
A total air conditioning system like this will usually be adequate for seven rooms in one or two zones, which could be two small bungalows next door to each other or a house and a garage or shed. One good point about total air conditioning is that the whole house or just the ground floor can be cooled at the same time so that you can walk around the house as you normally would.
This is in direct disparity with split systems which only cool one room – every time you go out of the room, you let cool air out and warm air in, which makes the air conditioning unit work harder and costs you more money.
Total air conditioning has other less well-known features too. It reduces the humidity in a room or house by drying the air as it is returned to the unit for cooling and advanced units have filters with additional functions. The more sophisticated the system, the more germs, bacteria and other substances (like pollen) the built-in filter will do away with.
Because these filters can remove airborne substances they can significantly reduce a person’s suffering from allergies. Good air filtration can help asthma and hay fever sufferers very much, if the filters are kept clean.
Typically, a total air conditioning system is divided into two major components ? an outdoor condenser and compressor and an indoor evaporator in an air distribution system. The air distribution, or air handling system filters and dehumidifies the cooled air, and delivers it, via ductwork, to several rooms. Total air conditioning is usually a good deal quieter than split air conditioners, because the noise of the latter’s compressor is so much closer to where the cool air is required.
It is far better to take the ducting into account at the construction stage of a new house as part of its heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, but it can be put in later. A first-class HVAC system should be designed to supply adequate cooling, heating, and ventilation, taking into account such factors as the dimensions of the building, the efficiency of its insulation and the local climate.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with central air conditioning systems. If you are interested in Home Air Conditioning Systems, please click through to our site.
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