Re: Re: O/T - AirCon (yes, even at this time of the year)

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>]

I paid about £2000 for the kit plus about £400 on ducting grills etc, its
not cheap but it does work well. The System has a much larger capacity than
the portable units and the heat output when in reverse cycle is fantastic.
What you could do with the split system is to house the main unit inside a
box, duct out the airflow to the room and duct in the return to the box,
allow for access to the filters as these clog up very quickly and make a
big
difference to performance, don't be tempted to leave them off though as you
will block the evaporator with gunge. Insulate the box and ducting through
the loft as this will make a big difference to heat loss or gain.
RS components do a range of ducting, flanges and grills, not the cheapest
source of these but convenient if you have an account.

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: <geraint@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: O/T - AirCon (yes, even at this time of the year)


> Any details and ideas of cost Alan ?
>
> I'm only really interested in Air Con in master bedroom and maybe
> guest room. The other rooms don't get as warm in summer.
>
> Seems the best way to do it, otherwise i'll have to revert to plan
> B, which was to house the main unit within the room sort of built-in
> falsely. i.e. like a kind of speaker grill so it's not as obtrusive.
>
> Was really hoping to get the unit out of the room though for noise
> savings as much as anything else.
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Alancc" <alan.cc@n...> wrote:
> > I've done similar with my air con, its a proper ducted system
> rather than
> > the portable split one but the principle is the same. The air is
> drawn in
> > from the Landing, passes through the evaporator and is then
ducted
> back to
> > the bedrooms. I have built a box like a T joint which has a fan
> in, when I
> > want to cool the Lounge the fan draws the air from the box
pushing
> it
> > downstairs, it then circulates back up to the Landing, when the
> fan is not
> > running the air resistance from the fan is enough to allow the
> flow back to
> > the bedrooms. I also use this as the only source of heating for
> upstairs
> > other than the bathrooms, it is very efficient.
> >
> > Alancc
>