Installing a conventional air conditioning system in your home will certainly keep you cool during the summer months, but reverse-cycle air conditioners prove their worth year-round. These specialised climate control systems use inversion technology to provide both heating and cooling power in a single package and can keep your home at a comfortable temperature whatever the weather.
If you plan to install a reverse-cycle air conditioner in your home, you will have to decide whether to install a ducted system or a split system. Ducted reverse-cycle air conditioners are more expensive, but they can be well worth the extra investment. Here are three reasons to choose a ducted reverse-cycle air conditioner for your home:
Discreet And Unobtrusive
Split reverse-cycle air conditioners are more compact than their larger, ducted counterparts, but they are also more visible once they are installed. They use wall-mounted blower units to heat and cool the air inside your home. These wall units are usually mounted at eye level and cannot be hidden behind grates or other coverings, so they can be quite an eyesore.
The air ducts attached to a ducted reverse-cycle air conditioner are larger and bulkier, but they can be skilfully hidden inside drop ceilings, wall cavities, and other architectural features, making them virtually invisible. Provided your home is large enough to accommodate these hidden ducts, choosing a ducted system can have a much smaller visual impact on your home's interior.
Quiet Operation
The blower fans attached to a split reverse-cycle air conditioning system can be rather loud, especially when they are working at full power during particularly hot or cold days. Ducted systems also rely on fans to move heated and cooled air around your home, but these fans are contained within the ducts, which are thoroughly insulated to muffle the noise they create.
As a result, ducted reverse-cycle air conditioners run very quietly. They are ideal if you live in a busy urban area that already creates a lot of ambient noise, or your home is fitted with hardwood floors or other hard floor coverings that allow ambient sounds to echo and intensify.
Whole-Home Climate Control
One major downside of most split reverse-cycle air conditioners is that they can only heat or cool one room at a time. You can install multiple individual split systems to heat and cool multiple rooms, but the costs of installing multiple units can quickly add up. 'Multi-split' systems are also an option, but these are frequently more expensive and less efficient than a ducted system.
A ducted reverse-cycle air conditioner can be used to control the temperature of every room in your home, as long as each room is connected to the centralised ducting system. Many modern ducted systems come with zone control functionality, allowing you to heat or cool rooms to different temperatures depending on your needs.
Contact a home heating and cooling contractor to learn more.
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