Know your Air Conditioner

Almost every home has an Air conditioner. It is very difficult to sit under a normal temperature during summers. There was a time when Air conditioners were counted as the luxury items but now these ACs have become a necessity. In this article I would like to tell you the ten most important points that one should know about their Air Conditioners. Let us begin with

What is the meaning of the term Air Conditioning?

Air Conditioning is subscribed to:

• Maintaining the suitable humidity in all parts of your building
• Freeing the air from excess of humidity
• Supplying a constant supply of ventilation
• Efficiently removing dust and other foreign bodies from the air
• Cooling the room efficiently during summer seasons
• Also helps in heating the rooms during winter

Working of an Air Conditioner

The major function of your home air con is eliminating the heat from your home. ACs gives a string of cool breeze into your home by extracting the heat from the air. The air inside the room is cooled when it blows over a set of cold pipes and the coils are termed as evaporator coils. This works simply the way cooling that happens when the water gets evaporated from your skin. The evaporating coil of your AC is filled with the special liquid which is called as refrigerant. When it absorbs heat from the air it changes from liquid to gas. The refrigerant in the Air Con is pumped outside the house to another coil where it gives up the heat and converts back into the liquid.

The coil that is present outside the unit is called as condenser because the refrigerant gets condensed from a gas back to the fluid like the moisture on a cold window. A pump called compressor is used for making the refrigerant move between the two coils. It is also used o change the pressure of the refrigerant so that the entire refrigerant gets evaporated or condensed in their respective coils.

The energy that is required to do all this is used by the motor which is used to run the compressor. The complete system will normally give the cooling energy which is three times of the compressor that uses. This happens because of the changing of the refrigerant from a liquid into the gas and back again will let the system move more energy than the compressor uses.

What Happens When Your Air Conditioner unit goes wrong?

Unlike the other luxury appliances, air conditioners are complex mechanical systems that depend on a large number of factors to perform correctly. They are defined to meet a certain amount of load on the houses. They are designed specially to have a proper amount of refrigerant which is known as “charge”. They are designed specially to have a certain amount of air flow to flow crosswise the coils. When these things get changes the system creates problems.

If there is more heat inside the room because of any reason like if the number of persons sitting inside the room is high or if the room is bigger than the capacity of the air conditioner then Air con won’t be able to manage.

 

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The Role of Filters in an Air Conditioner

Every Air conditioning device consists of a filter upstream the evaporator coil. This could be a return grille or a fuzzy looking or folded paper filter. This filter will remove the dust particles from the air stream to keep your air conditioning system clean and also will remove particles from the air.

As the filter performs its job, the filter will grab more and more dust particles. This makes it more efficient but reduces the air flow. When the airflow reduces, this means that it is the time to change the filter. If you do not change the filter, the flow of the air will reduce and your Air conditioner will not perform the way it is supposed to be. If the dirt on your filters keeps on increasing, it will turn into a source of air pollution.

It is better to replace your filter on time and keep your Air conditioner well maintained always. Whenever you buy a new filter I would recommend you to buy one whose efficiency rating is minimum.

Maintaining your System

A consumer can perform the routine maintenance himself like changing filters, cleaning the filters etc but the rest of the services should be performed only by the professionals. It is always a good idea to brush out the dust particles from the coils and the drains at the start of the winters, depending upon your skills, this might ask for a professional help. If your system is not providing the required cold air as normally it does, it could be an indication for the problems related to refrigerant charge or the airflow. These problems require proper servicing.

 

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How you can increase the energy efficiency?

• If you think the ducts are causing leakage then you can increase the efficiency just by sealing them. Replace your dirty filters, keep the coils clean, and keep the appropriate charge and airflow.
• Check if the outdoor condenser unit is not so hidden from the site that the air flow has been blocked. Check if there is no matter present inside the condenser that is causing it to clog.
• If you are planning to replace your Air conditioner, buy one with high efficiency. 13 is the minimum efficiency that you should consider.

This is all you should know about your Air Conditioner. No doubt that these devices add comfort to your life but you have to be very careful before you purchase. If you show a little of carelessness, your comfort giving appliances might change into trouble some appliances.