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Central Air Conditioning Systems for Southern New Hampshire
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We break down the basics of how air conditioning works and what options work best for the Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts climate.
Learn what your options are, and get ready for those humid summers!
How do Centralized Air Conditioning Systems work, and what buildings are best for this cooling option?
How Air Conditioning Systems work -
Central Air Conditioning Systems cool the entire building by circulating air through a network of ducts. You have an indoor piece of equipment called an air handler. The air handler has an evaporator coil that absorbs the heat from the indoor air. As the warm air passes over the coil, heat is absorbed by the refrigerant, causing it to evaporate into a gas and cooling the air.
The fan in the indoor air handler then pushes the indoor air to an outside unit. The indoor unit's fan pulls warm air from inside the home through return air ducts, passing it through a filter to remove dust particles, smoke, and mold.
The outdoor unit contains a compressor and condenser coil that releases the absorbed heat that is pulled outside. Then, the cooled air is redistributed and pushed back into the building through a ductwork system. It finally enters the rooms through a series of supply vents.
Refrigerant lines connect both the indoor and outdoor units. The refrigerant gas travels through copper lines to the outdoor unit, where it is compressed by the compressor, increasing its pressure and temperature. The now cool liquid refrigerant returns to the indoor unit through the connecting lines, ready to repeat the cooling process.
A thermostat regulates and controls through a temperature setting how often the unit turns on.
What Buildings are best for Central Air Conditioning -
If you have a building that already has extensive ductwork traveling to each room, it makes a lot of sense to install a Central Air Conditioning unit. Much of the installation is ready since the ductwork is already in place.
In fact, not having Central Air Conditioning when you already have the ductwork is missing out on a great opportunity. With pre-existing ductwork, we only have to install an air handler inside the building. It makes economic sense with existing ductwork to utilize the ducts and capitalize on air conditioning, especially in the hot, humid summers of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
By using Central Air Conditioning in the humid summer, you can improve indoor air quality year-round.
One of the advantages of Central Air Conditioning is that it reduces humidity in the summer months on the inside of the building. A lot of air quality issues, such as mold spores, develop in the humid summer months, and these get trapped in the home. These mold spores can even spread after the summer into heating systems and house walls.
If you are doing new construction or an extensive remodel of a building. Planning a new Central Air Conditioning System around the design is the most cost-effective strategy. We can help by doing cooling calculations to determine the best system for your budget and space.
If you have a building without pre-existing ductwork and are not planning any other construction renovations, we can help you. There are creative ways to get around the lack of ductwork by installing Mini-Split Heat Pumps that can also be used as air conditioners.
We have Central Air Conditioning Solutions for every type of building and situation.
Please get in touch with us today, and we will do the free heat calculations to determine the cooling solution for your space and budget!
Diagram of a Central Air Conditioning System
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