Articles Tagged with ''air conditioning''

The ULTRA Pro fan is exceptionally quiet at a mere 0.3 sones, and uses just 36 watts to deliver the same lumen brightness as previous models that require 60 watts of compact fluorescent light (CFL) output.

Benefits from the new X-Plus include improved heat transfer, reduced energy use, lower odor and maintenance, reduced cleaning downtime, and “sustained” capacity of an air-conditioning system while improving IAQ.

The premise behind “micro-groove” coil construction is to continue with the standard copper-tube and aluminum fin design we all are so familiar with, but do so with smaller internally enhanced tubes that have thinner walls. This reduces the amount of copper, as well as the cost, size and weight of the coils.

Contractors can choose from a selection of models in various capacities to suit their customers’ requirements with single-zone cooling, single-zone heat pumps for cooling and heating, and multi-zone heat pumps.

It offers efficiency up to 16 SEER, mounts in ceiling, features noise-reducing air vents and has a sleep function that automatically adjusts the temperature.

Shortly after the magazine came out, I received an email from a reader pointing out the obvious — that obtaining superheat and subcooling readings usually requires the use of both gauges and a thermometer. Yes, this is true. But perhaps I should have gone on to add the following.

A good friend of mine called the other day and told me: “I had my regular A/C spring tune-up last week and this week it stopped working. So I called my A/C guy and now he says I need to change out the whole thing!” 

Senator Gillibrand announces “Made in America Manufacturing Bill” to help revitalize manufacturing in New York.