Humidity is small water drops in the air. The HVAC systems in your Arlington, TX home keep the humidity levels at normal ranges. It removes extra humidity that may accumulate to provide for comfortable regulated temperatures. In the summer months the humidity level is kept lower (40%) to keep the room cooler and in the winter the humidity level is kept higher (50% and up) to keep the room warmer. Anything below and above the percentages listed above can cause other problems such as: bacteria, viruses, fungi and mites. Anything above 50% humidity has been known to cause various chemical interactions. This is why it is very important to have the HVAC unit checked regularly by an HVAC technician and ensure that all the working parts of the unit (compressor, refrigerant, condenser, etc.) are all performing properly.
Category Archives: Air Conditioning
R-22 Phase Out
R-410a Refrigerant Arlington TX
If you must buy new a/c unit this summer, go with the ones with R-410a. R-22 can not be made after this year and the cost of Freon will go up.
The year 2010 marks an important U.S. milestone for ozone protection with the phase out of R-22, an ozone depleting refrigerant used in some new air-conditioning systems for more than four decades.
To meet this environmental challenge, Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), introduced non-ozone depleting alternative cooling solutions with Puron refrigerant, approved in 1997 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Prior to Puron refrigerant, most residential air conditioners and heat pumps used R-22 refrigerant, a chlorine-containing refrigerant that can contribute to depletion of the earth’s ozone layer, according to the KTH-EGI Phase out of R22 Refrigerant Study.
Arlington air conditioning experts can help you make tis transition. Call today to find out what you need to do. The equivalent or generic name for Puron.
High Efficiency AC Arlington TX
Arlington TX Air Conditioning has some of the highest efficiency AC units the Arlington area. Air conditioner efficiency is marked on the side off all units as a number called the EER (Energy Efficiency Rating). The Energy Efficiency Rating is a ratio of the BTUs of the unit to the amount of power it consumes in Watts. That means that an air conditioner with 10,000 BTU capacity and an EER of 10 consumes 1000 watts of power. That’s quite a lot of juice.
Energy Star Arlington TX
The government mandates that all window units have a EER of at least 9.0. That said, there are a number of affordable units available with ratings of 10.5-11. These more efficient units will also have an Energy Star label on them because they exceed the minimum standard (9.0 EER) by at least 15%. We carry a huge selection of these energy star units. Please support these Green companies and save on your energy bills.