HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST AIR CONDITIONER

The modern climate technology market is represented by a huge selection of different manufacturers. It is more and more difficult to opt for a particular air conditioner model because of such a wide range of equipment - budget, medium and elite options, designer or classic series of air conditioners. 

How to determine which type of air conditioner is best for you?

  The required type of air conditioner is primarily determined based on the location in which it will be installed. 

The main types of objects:

  Living space - apartment, private house, cottage, etc. How to choose an air conditioner for an apartment? Here, a wall-mounted or channel split-system of a household series is suitable for work, which has small dimensions, cooling capacity but has a very wide range - from small economical models to designer systems. This type of air conditioner is quite easy to install and does not require large maintenance costs (except for temporary cleaning of the indoor and outdoor unit from dust and other contaminants).

  Office space . A wall-mounted split system (if the office has small areas), channel or multi-split system is also suitable for office work. The main difference between the latter system and others is the ability to connect several indoor units to the one external one. This allows you to significantly expand the scope of this type of climatic equipment, which is a great advantage, especially for office premises, where there are usually many separate offices in which a certain temperature regime must be constantly maintained. 

  Manufacturing and industrial facility.  Basically, they differ in special requirements for air quality, temperature and humidity levels. Therefore, systems with high performance, power and additional technical characteristics are installed at such facilities. Most often, this is a system based on chillers or large multi-zone systems: indoor units are connected to them, which are located throughout the building and are resistant to aggressive environments. The installation of such systems requires specialized commercial electrical services

Types of conditioners. Which design to choose?

  The split system (air conditioner) consists of two blocks - external and internal. By type, it is divided into wall, cassette, channel systems and others. This installation has two blocks - internal and external, connected to each other by a freon line, through which the refrigerant (freon) circulates. The advantage of this type of air conditioner is a low noise figure during operation because the main source of noise is the compressor, which is located in an outdoor unit, installed from the street side. 

  A wall-mounted air conditioner is the most popular choice for installation in an apartment, office, or shop. Its advantage is simple installation and small dimensions. Low noise level and a number of additional functions, such as air ionization. This type of air conditioning is the cheapest option for air cooling, convenient and quick to install. Therefore, if you are not particularly versed in climatic equipment and do not know which air conditioner is best to choose for an apartment - look among wall units.

  Split system of cassette type is mounted on a false ceiling with a ceiling space of at least 20 cm to completely hide the air conditioner unit. One of the advantages of this unit is the uniform distribution of air in the room in four directions. Most often they are installed on objects with high ceilings.

Functions without which you should have bought an air conditioner

  Air heating. Each air conditioner includes a room heating function, intended for use when it is already cold outside, but the central heating has not yet been turned on. But you need to know some details about this. If you intend to use this convenient opportunity, you should pay attention to an add-on such as the 'Winter Kit' or 'All-Season Block'. It is responsible for heating the compressor crankcase and drainage when heating mode is turned on and also increases the temperature range for operation in a cold environment. If you turn on the heating of the air with a cold compressor, then it will wear out in 2-3 seasons and will have to be changed. 

  Air dehumidification. This is a very useful feature in both domestic and commercial environments. Often, the humidity level in the room rises, and then the moisture negatively affects health, finishing materials and furniture, and problems with fungus appear. And the dehumidification function will help stabilize the humidity level to optimal values ​​and maintain the desired balance. Only in this mode, the room will be cooled by no more than 1 °C since the cooling goes into the background, but you can always dry the air and then return the device to the cooling mode.

  Air filtration. The filter is included in almost every climatic device, and has the function of cleaning the air from dirty elements before supplying air to the room. Then why are we putting this on display? All filters are different, and when buying an air conditioning system, you need to pay attention to the type of filter. If you just need cleaning from dust and dirt, then a standard filter will do. But there are filters that clean the room from dust, dust mites, various types of contaminants, bacteria, viruses, allergens, fluff, and more. For example, the HEPA filter removes up to 99.97% of germs and dust and is suitable for use in medicine, in rooms with high demands, and is great if there are children or allergy sufferers in the room. It is believed that air conditioning causes colds. Is this so? Find out here.