Air and Water Residential Blog

When to repair or replace your reverse cycle air conditioner?

To answer the repair or replace question, several important factors need to be addressed including: Age of the air conditioner Has the unit been well maintained? Cost of the repairs Risk of more repairs being required soon? Availability of replacement…

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How To Keep Your Ducted Reverse Cycle Air Conditioning Running Costs Down

Most of the battle in minimsing ducted reverse cycle air conditioning running costs is choosing the right system in the first place. There are a couple of things you can do with your existing system – check out steps 3…

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Is gold flexible ducting better than ordinary silver duct?

No. We believe gold ducting is a gimmick. The critical thing to determine the performance of ducting is the thermal rating of its insulation. We use R1.0 thermal rated insulted ducting. BCA  require a minimum of R0.6 in Perth WA ….

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How Solar Power Works

Sunlight is converted to DC (direct current) electricity using the silicon and other chemical elements within the solar panels (PV array). The DC current runs down the electrical cabling to the inverter. The inverter transfers the current from DC to…

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How to Service An Evaporative Air Conditioner

How do you service an evaporative air conditioner? It is straight forward, as long as you are happy getting on to your roof. Remove filters & wash with a hose, If you have an old system, pull out the sump…

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