Thursday, August 18, 2011

A Closer Look At Air Conditioning Technology

By Adriana Noton


A lot of people have never before read an article that provides a generalized view of common air Conditioning systems, and that is exactly what this article is going to be doing. The article will discuss the two most commonly seen types of systems as well as why they are important.

There are certainly some regions that are going to practically require the use of such technology, and these regions would be the ones that are much hotter than other regions around the world are. This type of region might even have very hot and dry weather during the typically cooler winter and fall months. People that own a home within such a region are going to require an A/C system.

The smaller and simpler kind of A/C devices offer all three of the major components within a simple shell that can be placed within the average window frame. These machines are commonly called window units because of this. Smaller homes and mobile homes might prefer these systems as they can be installed into the home on a room by room type of basis unlike many of the larger systems.

Most homes have the larger type of systems (this is especially true for larger homes), and this kind of system is going to consist primarily of three components that are used to generate central A/C services. The unit that is typically found outside of the home is called the condenser. This machine holds the fan that sucks the warm wind out while providing the gas that cools the incoming wind.

Within the upper regions of most homes is the second component and this device is typically called the handler. The handler is most commonly found within the attic region of a home and this handler device is kind of like a traffic director. It provides the cooler winds to the areas where they are needed and it helps to direct the traffic of warmer winds out of the rooms where they are not needed.

Each room within a home that has a larger system installed is probably going to be equipped with some type of access grate. This is how the cooler winds enter into the room to change the temperature. Connected to each one of these grates is what professionals typically refer to as the duct work. The duct work is all connected to the air handler and this is how the system works as a whole.

The one part of a larger system that is more commonly seen by the homeowner more than any other part would have to be the thermostat. This is simply the electrical control panel on the wall that is used to turn the system on and off and also to change the temperature at which it is currently running.

Some homeowners that have smaller homes are going to prefer the smaller window units to the much larger central air Conditioning and furnace Winnipeg units. Other homeowners might realize that they need cool winds in so many rooms that a central system is the only real option that is open to them.




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