Type of Air Conditioner

The air conditioner has different type, choosing the best type are depending several factors including how large area that you need to be cooled, total heat generated inside that area, and the other factor.

In general, AC's is is separated into five types, and each type is designed for specific purphose.

Window Air Conditioner



A Window air conditioner is designed for cool down single room. With single box contain of all parts of the components.

The main component is compressor, expansion valve or coil, condenser, cooling coil and evaporator. This unit is fitted to the wall, or commonly in a window sill of the room.

Split Air Conditioner



Split unit is contained two important parts, outdoor unit and the indoor unit. The outdoor having components like the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser and it's placed ouside of the room.

The indoor unit with cooling coil evaporator or and the cooling
fan component are placed inside the room. This unit don'’t need any slot in the wall, it need more little space than Windows-AC.
And then now split air conditioners can be used to cool one or two rooms, it's making this type effective cooler for your home.

Central Air Conditioning

System Central air conditioners are designed for cooling large buildings, houses, offices and other big space room. A central air conditioning system is uses one huge compressor with many individual units to place in desire room.
Each of this individual unit is controllable, so you can set different cooler level of in each room.

Packaged Air Conditioners

The Packaged unit type of air conditioner are use to cool more than two rooms or for larger space at your entire home or office building.
There are two different arrangements for packaged units. First all the components are housed in a single box. The cooled air is blow by the high capacity blower, and the air flows through the ducts laid in various rooms.
Second arrangement, the condenser and compressor are housed into one box, and then compressed gas blow through individual units that placed in various room.

Portable Air Conditioners



The Portable air conditioner are new types of AC's, it contained portable appliance to cool the air in a single room or small space.
Different with traditional window AC's that fitted in the window sill or wall, portable AC's it places on the floor in the room you want to cooled down.

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Final Word

That type of air conditioners above are designed for different space type, you should consider what the best type of air conditioner you needs. Because choosing the wrong type will waste your money.