24/05/2023
🥶 Are you feeling the cool change?
Have you thought about having a Reverse Cycle air conditioner installed in your home or business?
The words, ‘reverse cycle air conditioner’ should be music to your ears! So what is a reverse cycle air conditioning system and why should you consider installing one?
Basically, a reverse cycle air conditioner is used to cool your home in summer, AND warm your home in winter, all with one energy-efficient unit. It’s so brilliantly simple! Hands down, it’s one of the most efficient ways to heat your home using electricity.
There are so many advantages to using a reverse cycle air conditioning system for cooling and heating. Here are just a few:
They warm in winter:
They certainly do, and it’s all about the heating technique! A reverse cycle air conditioner works very differently to conventional gas or portable electric heaters. Conventional heaters have to ‘create’ heat energy, while a reverse cycle system ‘absorbs’ heat from the outdoor air to warm the air inside, which is a more energy efficient technique.
When in heating mode, the unit works in the opposite way to cooling, in that it draws heat in from the air outside before distributing it around the room. To get a bit technical, a refrigerant is passed through an external coil, absorbing heat from the outside air. This refrigerant is then pumped through a compressor into a fan coil unit inside the home, releasing heat into the room. It doesn’t have to be warm outside for the unit to do this, as it can perform this function even in freezing conditions.
Built with cold conditions in mind, a good reverse cycle air conditioner will have an automatic defrost cycle for more effective operation. So even when the mercury drops as low as minus 15ºC, your reverse cycle air conditioner can still heat your home.
They cool in summer:
With a flick of the switch, your reverse cycle air conditioner is now in cooling mode. Again, using a super-energy efficient system, the unit will absorb heat from the inside air and dissipate it outside, leaving your home cooler. Today’s modern technology means your air conditioning unit can cool your home in temperatures as high as 46 ºC. So forget cumbersome or bulky fans. This is the perfect cooling system made for our climate.
Talk to our friendly team at NQ Air Service & Installation today to chat about installing a Reverse cycle system for your home or office.
