Busy lifestyles and soaring temperatures seldom make for a good combo. The growing need for temperature-controlled homes and workplaces cannot be more emphasized. Nowadays air conditioners are dominantly used in hotels and even automobiles; this pushes the need for air conditioning of homes and office too. While there is a large range of choice to be made when buying an air conditioner, it is important for each one to decide beforehand about their specific needs. Air conditioning units are generally categorized into two, with many variations that are available in each category too. While the centralized air-conditioning unit is maintained and conducts cold air through ducts to parts of the building, the split system installation of air-conditioning is used to cool specific areas of a building. In this article, we will look at how split system installation is carried out and what handy tips can help save heartache.
Choose an Air Conditioner
It is imperative that you make it a point to choose an appropriate split system for your residence or office. In this article we will consider that a choice is being made to control temperatures of a residence, a similar strategy may be followed for small home offices too while completing a split system installation.
While an undersized split system installation will hardly provide desired cooling effects, it will also kill the machine due to the load that is upon it. Larger than the required size of air-conditioner will suck more power and can make the air damp too.
The capacity of aircon is measured in tons and hence the word tonnage is often seen when describing an aircon. The volume of air that can be removed out of the room in an hour, give the sense of the tonnage size of the aircon. For example, a singleton aircon could remove 12000 BTU of air while a 2 ton, aircon would remove 24000 BTU. A salesperson in the stores will be able to help you identify what is the tonnage requirement for the area that you live in and which aircon might benefit you the best.
Installation Requirement
There are both electrical and non-electrical requirements for a split system installation to be completed. You may need to call an experienced electrician adept at working with aircon to have the electrical part of the installation completed before you begin with other mechanical tasks of installation. The electrical work would include the following.
Laying down high voltage cables from the raw power supply to an electrical panel, this panel is to be installed at the desired location closer to where the aircon will sit. A new circuit breaker will be required for the power circuit to be completed. Many chose to use a stabilizer to ensure there are no power surges that may cause undue damages to the aircon. This may be something that you could get bundled along with the aircon too.
Next on the tasks of completing the split system installation would be, ducting work. Remember the split aircon has two units; there is an external or outdoor unit and an internal or blower unit. The coolant from the external unit needs to flow to the blower that is located inside the room; this requires careful planning and flawless ducting work. In case of any damage, the efficiency of the aircon is directly impacted. Finally, you will need to work with the brackets that need to be installed on the wall of the building. The outdoor unit will sit on this bracket and necessary masonry work needs to be completed to ensure the stability of the compressor.
It may be essential for you to hire an external contracting company if these above tasks for split system installation seem daunting or insurmountable. You may choose to take a few quotes before you decide upon who would fix or install your split aircon.
