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Window Air Conditioners – Efficient One Room Cooling

Window air conditioners, also known simply as “window units”, are a fairly low cost alternative to the highly expensive central air conditioning systems that cool the entire house. Window air conditioners are usually capable of cooling only a single room, or perhaps two adjoining rooms, depending on their strength and BTU capacity. Continue reading

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Will a High Efficiency Air Conditioning System Pay for Itself?

Home HVAC (Heating Ventilating Air Conditioning) systems in most climates will be a major user of energy. It can account for 60% or more of your total electric bill. If your system is ten years old or older it is a prime candidate for an upgrade. Return on your investment can be as quick as 5 years or less in most cases. Continue reading

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Residential Duct Cleaning Services

Most homes today contain heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. These systems need to be clean in order to be at their utmost best as far as efficiency is concerned. Heating systems are known to operate by transferring air depending on the effect that one is looking to get. Whether it is trying to get cool air into the room while replacing the hot air or vice versa. The efficiency of these systems is usually affected by how clean they are. This is because they are basically made in such a way that they operate on how well air circulates. The components include ducts, air terminals, heat exchange systems, air terminals, fan motors among other parts. All these parts require regular cleaning in order to keep them functioning optimally. Duct cleaning is the physical cleaning of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Continue reading

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Understanding Heat Exchangers

Heat exchangers are devices that are specifically designed to be able to efficiently transfer heat from one fluid to another through a solid surface. This heat transfer takes one of two forms namely dissipation of heat or absorption. These two fluids should never come into contact with each other. Heat exchangers are found in our everyday equipments that will include furnaces, air conditioning systems, domestic hot water systems, pool heaters, radiant floor heating, ground water systems, refrigerators and boilers. Continue reading

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Types of Reverse Cycle Air Conditioning Systems

Reverse cycle air conditioning systems are actually heat pumps. They draw heat from the outside and deliver it to your room. A heat pump’s external coil becomes the passageway for a refrigerant to absorb the outside heat. The refrigerant is pumped into a compressor and delivered through a condenser inside your room. Your usual electric heater, on the other hand, directly produces heat into your room. Continue reading

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