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At first glance, a heat pump and air conditioner appear nearly identical. However, one functions with greater versatility. Learn more about the differences in this post.
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Split air conditioners have an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. The outdoor unit is on an outside wall near the space to be cooled and houses the compressor and the condenser and expansion coils. The indoor unit contains a cooling coil, blower and air filter.
Most of the heat pumps you’ll see are splits: they have an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. Occasionally, you’ll come across a packaged system where everything – compressor, condenser, coil and fan – is in a single (outdoor) cabinet.
Routine maintenance on air conditioners is key to ensure your expensive equipment continues to function at a high level for years to come.
Building energy management systems (BEM) have been around for ten years or more but were mostly restricted to large facilities where they produced big cost savings and allowed management a better understanding of what went on in their buildings.
SEER stands for Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio and refers to the performance of air conditioners. New air conditioners must be manufactured to reach a minimum SEER level, which varies according to where in America the system is to be installed.
The biggest cause of failure in domestic heating systems is lack of maintenance. That’s when most people call for help – when the furnace isn’t working, or it’s working but the heat isn’t getting through, or the heat is getting through but it’s patchy and there isn’t enough of it.
Ductless air conditioning is sometimes called a mini split or a ductless split system because it has two parts: A compressor installed outside the building; and an indoor fan unit installed close to the ceiling on an exterior wall.