The rule of thumb answer is an evaporative air conditioner can reduce the temperature by much as 14oC depending upon the external air temperature and humidity level. Your home’s orientation, shading, cross ventilation and insulation will impact on how hot your house gets. To maximise the benefit of evaporative air conditioning, the evaporative air conditioner…
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 . The industry norm is R0.6.
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 dump to release the water from the tank, If you have a new system there…
There are arguments for and against hanging ducting. We don’t hang ducting because over the life of your ducted air conditioning system there will be stress on the point where the ducting is hung. We believe this is more of a risk than the ducting getting damaged because it is lying on the ceiling joists.…
You need to check with your council whether they have rules about the use of discharge water. If they give the ok, then you need to check with your local garden centre on the impacts on your plants, before you use the water. Why? Discharge water from evaporative air conditioners contains concentrated levels of mineral…
This is part of the water management system design. To prolong the life of your evaporative air conditioner the water is flushed periodically from your evaporative cooler. The frequency and amount of water dropped depends upon the brand and settings chosen. You can tell an evaporative air conditioner where the water management system is inadequate,…