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Serving all of Northwest Missouri including: Kansas City, Lees Summitt, Independence, Blue Springs, Raytown, Grandview, and more.
Serving all of Northeast Kansas including: Kansas City, Leawood, Overland Park, Stillwell, Olathe, Spring Hill, Lawrence, Mission, Prairie Village, Mission Hills, Roeland Park, Shawnee, Leavenworth, and more.
Serving all of Northwest Missouri including: Kansas City, Lees Summitt, Independence, Blue Springs, Raytown, Grandview, and more.
Air Conditioning
Climate Contractors can solve all of your air conditioning and cooling needs in the Kansas City area. We deal with all of the major brands of air conditioners to accomodate you.
What you need to know when you are looking for a new air conditioner. What is a SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating)? A SEER is like miles per gallon in a car but for your electrical usage. Lower the number, the lower the SEER rating. Plus, they can go as high as a 20 SEER. For example, a 10 SEER a/c vs. a 13 SEER a/c is a difference of about 30% efficient.
In January of 2006 the government passed a regulation
that any air conditioners that are manufactured have to
have a 13 SEER rating or better. What that means to you
is that your air conditioner purchase is going to be a little
more expensive than they use to be. Reason being is
that there are 3 parts to your a/c system that makes it
perform properly.
There is the a/c unit itself, the lineset that carries the refrigerant (Freon), and the evaporator coil. With the increased SEER rating comes an increase in coil sizes and lineset requirements. You will have to match the ASHRAE rated evaporator coil with the correct air conditioner along with meeting the lineset requirements to achieve proper operation, airflow, and efficiency. If you do not perform these acts then what you are going to run into is premature compressor loss or breakdown. It requires a larger surface area to achieve the maximum efficiency so that you do not slug the compressor. That is why you do not match a 13 SEER air conditioner with a 15 year old evaporator coil.
The other piece of information that you will need in making your decision about which air conditioner to purchase is the timeline of Freon. I would say that 80-90% of homeowners have an air conditioner with R-22 refrigerant (Freon) in it. This is not a bad thing. Just like the SEER rating change the government is instilling a plan to phase out R-22. By the year 2010 the R-22 refrigerant will be phased out of production equipment and by 2020 the government plans to phase out the production of R-22 refrigerant.
What are they replacing it with? It is a refrigerant that is called R-410A or PURON. It has been around for the last 8-10 years and it has a 0% ozone depletion rating. I know what you are asking yourself, does it cool as well as R-22? The answer is Yes! I put the new R-410A system in my home and it works as good or better than the R-22 systems. It operates at a higher pressure than what R-22 does and it uses a different oil mixture than R-22. What that means to you is that you cannot mix an R-22 coil or lineset with an R-410A air conditioner.
Therefore you will have to replace the evaporator coil, the lineset will need to be replaced and/or flushed to clean out the oils, or you will dramatically cut the life of your air conditioner down by at least 55%. My company just replaced an air conditioner that was 5 years old due to the mixture of the oils that were left in the lineset. In taking these steps when purchasing a new air conditioning system you will avoid all of the problems and headaches that are waiting for you.
Climate Contractors can solve all of your air conditioning and cooling needs in the Kansas City area. We deal with all of the major brands of air conditioners to accomodate you.
What you need to know when you are looking for a new air conditioner. What is a SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating)? A SEER is like miles per gallon in a car but for your electrical usage. Lower the number, the lower the SEER rating. Plus, they can go as high as a 20 SEER. For example, a 10 SEER a/c vs. a 13 SEER a/c is a difference of about 30% efficient.
In January of 2006 the government passed a regulation
that any air conditioners that are manufactured have to
have a 13 SEER rating or better. What that means to you
is that your air conditioner purchase is going to be a little
more expensive than they use to be. Reason being is
that there are 3 parts to your a/c system that makes it
perform properly.
There is the a/c unit itself, the lineset that carries the refrigerant (Freon), and the evaporator coil. With the increased SEER rating comes an increase in coil sizes and lineset requirements. You will have to match the ASHRAE rated evaporator coil with the correct air conditioner along with meeting the lineset requirements to achieve proper operation, airflow, and efficiency. If you do not perform these acts then what you are going to run into is premature compressor loss or breakdown. It requires a larger surface area to achieve the maximum efficiency so that you do not slug the compressor. That is why you do not match a 13 SEER air conditioner with a 15 year old evaporator coil.
The other piece of information that you will need in making your decision about which air conditioner to purchase is the timeline of Freon. I would say that 80-90% of homeowners have an air conditioner with R-22 refrigerant (Freon) in it. This is not a bad thing. Just like the SEER rating change the government is instilling a plan to phase out R-22. By the year 2010 the R-22 refrigerant will be phased out of production equipment and by 2020 the government plans to phase out the production of R-22 refrigerant.
What are they replacing it with? It is a refrigerant that is called R-410A or PURON. It has been around for the last 8-10 years and it has a 0% ozone depletion rating. I know what you are asking yourself, does it cool as well as R-22? The answer is Yes! I put the new R-410A system in my home and it works as good or better than the R-22 systems. It operates at a higher pressure than what R-22 does and it uses a different oil mixture than R-22. What that means to you is that you cannot mix an R-22 coil or lineset with an R-410A air conditioner.
Therefore you will have to replace the evaporator coil, the lineset will need to be replaced and/or flushed to clean out the oils, or you will dramatically cut the life of your air conditioner down by at least 55%. My company just replaced an air conditioner that was 5 years old due to the mixture of the oils that were left in the lineset. In taking these steps when purchasing a new air conditioning system you will avoid all of the problems and headaches that are waiting for you.
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