Air Conditioning Tips

If you live in a part of the country where air conditioning usage is a necessity and you are building or buying a new house, a complete AC system will of course cost you more but it will pay back its cost in the form of increased pleasure, comfort and efficiency for you and your family.

The major pitfall in buying an air conditioner for one room is getting one of the wrong capacity. Many people are unaware that a too powerful oversized unit can be just as unsatisfactory as a weak AC unit: a machine that is too large will often annoy you with its continual switching on and off. At best, an individual air conditioning is rather noisy, and there is no need to put up with more irritating mechanical noises than you have to. How do you get the right size of an air conditioner system for your home? You can probably trust your local AC dealer to estimate the proper sized unit, especially if he has other brands of AC appliances to sell. But a more efficient method is to get a Cooling Load Estimate from a mechanical engineer, refrigeration or AC engineer. These professionals use computer programs or manual calculations to ensure correct air conditioner sizing and heat gain calculations. A few ideas about air conditioner sizing is located at this article

An AC’s ability to remove heat is rated at approximately 12,000 British Thermal Units (BTU) per hour, or “tons” of cooling. That rate should be satisfactory to cool a good sized living room of about 56 to 111 square meters if your temperature and humidity do not get too high.

If you have a chance to observe a particular machine’s performance in a friend’s house, office or store under actual operating conditions, you will have a better understanding how ACs work. Things to look for include: machine drips, noise of the system under different speeds, unpleasant darfts and changes in temperature, louver positions and filter cleaning. Don’t overlook the machine’s weight and installation directions. All air conditioners are still heavy and ackward to handle and, unless you are a do-it-yourselfer, you can have the dealer install the machine for you.