Refrigerated air conditioning some times confuses people. They ask me questions like what is the difference between Reverse cycle air conditioning and Refrigerated Air Conditioning. The answer is simple they are both the same thing. They both heat and cool using pressurised gases. Passing through a coil and both have compressors for circulating the gases. There are many different types of refrigeration systems.The box type that will typical be mounted through a wall or window and plug a power point. This is becoming dated. The split system has over as the market leader in room air conditioning. Because they can effectively heat or cool a small or large room.
Refrigerated Split System
The refrigerated split system consists of two parts. An inside head unit and the outside condenser. Copper pipes connect outdoor and indoor system together. This makes installation easier as you only have to cut hole in wall for copper pipe and drains. Unlike the old box type where you had to cut a large square hole in the wall. The split system can also give you more flexibility. The installation of outdoor condenser can be mounted where it is needed. Therefore as an example some locations are on the wall, roof or on the ground. The copper pipe can be lengthen or shortened as required.
Sizes of split system and purpose
Split systems sizes range from 2.0kw up to 9.0kw. They can heat or cool a small bedroom right up to a large lounge room or living area. With the inverter technology they can be very efficient. So compared with some other products you may use to heat and cool your home. Because one of the disadvantages of a split system. is that if you want to heat and cool your whole home you need one in every room.
Ducted Refrigerated Air conditioning System
Therefore if you would like to heat and cool your whole home. A ducted refrigerated air conditioning system is what you will need.The ducted system is designed to centrally heat and cool your whole of home or the areas you are living in. The areas you heat or cool are sectioned of into zones and you open and close those zones as require. The duct refrigerated air conditioning system. Is the most expensive in Capital cost and also running costs as it is a lot bigger and more component parts than your typical reverse cycle wall split system.
Parts of you ducted air conditioning system
A ducted air conditioning system consists of an internal fan coil unit concealed within your roof space. So the outdoor unit is connected by copper pipes. Flexible ducting installed in the roof distributes the conditioned air in to each room by the means of a ceiling vent or a wall register depending on the application. A return air grille with filter fitted once again usually mounted in the ceiling recirculated the air air back to the system for heating or cooling.