Air conditioner for a house: types, what you need to know and how to choose

You press the remote control of the air conditioner - and it becomes cool in the room, no matter how hot it is outside. Several types of cooling equipment, which differ in design and installation location, are suitable for the home. At the link you can clarify how to install air conditioners, and what is important to consider in order to choose the right model, read on.

What kind of air conditioners are installed at home

There are two types of air conditioners that are suitable for living quarters:

• Household units with a capacity from 1.5 to 8 kW are designed to cool the air in one room. These are split systems, monoblock wall, window and mobile units.
• Semi-industrial air-conditioners with power up to 30 KW are installed in cottages and large apartments with the area up to 300 m2. They can be channel, ceiling, cassette or wall.

Models of air conditioners, which are better suited for the house:

• Wall-mounted split systems - cooling equipment of two units: one is mounted from the street, the other is mounted on the wall in the room under the ceiling closer to the window. Set of equipment serves one room.
• Ducted air conditioners are installed in large area houses with high ceilings. They require design and complex installation. The equipment has outdoor and indoor units, air ducts. One system serves all the rooms in the house or apartment.
• Floor-to-ceiling air conditioners are placed in a room closer to the floor or ceiling. They have a gentle flow distribution along the wall. They don't give you a cold because the cold is dispersed. These units cost more, but they are quiet.
• Floor air conditioners are installed near the window in the room and lead the pipes into it. The system consists of internal and external unit.
• Mobile air conditioners-monoblocks are placed in a room near the window to bring out the corrugated pipe for the outflow of warm air. Under it also make a hole in the wall, if it will not be necessary to move the equipment into another room.
• Window air conditioners are installed in the window. The equipment is designed for small rooms.

Useful additional functions of an air conditioner

Some models of air-cooling equipment have such options:

• «Restart» protection system activates the operation of the air conditioner after an emergency power outage in the mode set by the user.
• Freon leakage and filter condition monitoring.
• Automatic defrost prevents the unit from icing up when cooling to a temperature close to «0».
• Heating function is in most air conditioners, the difference is at what maximum low temperature will be enough to heat the air for heating the room.
• The motion sensor registers whether someone is present in the room. If not - the equipment goes into energy-saving mode.
• Ionization and air purification.

What to take into account when choosing an air conditioner?

In order for the climate equipment to cool the room qualitatively, pay attention to such nuances:

• If the room is on the sunny side, you will need a more powerful air conditioner.
• Cold-productivity of a unit must correspond to the square of a room. If the room is 20 m2, then the equipment with the figure of 2-2,5 kW is enough.
• Noise level - split-systems are much quieter than monoblocks.

There are inverter air conditioners, where the work of the compressor is regulated by a frequency converter - inverter. The unit works more quietly, more energy efficient. Inverter air conditioners are more expensive than usual, more difficult to install.