How Your Home Air Conditioning System Works

In order to keep household costs down it is important to understand how your air conditioning system works and how to maximize its efficiency

. Though there are several types of air conditioning units, most homes have either window units for small areas such as one room, or split-system units which include wall-mounted and central air systems. Contrary to popular belief, rather than just blowing cool air into your home, the air conditioner takes the warm air from your home, cools it, and cycles it back in. This continues until it reaches the temperature set by the thermostat.

Both run thru the same cycle, which uses a chemical, frequently referred to as Freon, that converts from a gaseous form, to a liquid form, and back to a gas. The Freon serves to take heat out of the air in your place and transfer it to the outside, leaving cooler air behind within.

The basic parts of any air-con system include a compressor, condenser, and an evaporator. In a split-system unit the compressor and condenser are housed in the condensing unit outside, with the evaporator inside, while a window unit will have all 3 elements in the one unit.

The Freon, beginning as a gas, cool and low pressure, first goes thru the compressor, where it is basically squeezed. This pushes the molecules closer to one another, raising the energy and temperature, so now it's a hot gas, at high pressure, which goes to the condenser.

The condenser has metal fins which help the heat to abate, like the radiator in your vehicle, so it becomes much cooler and is now a hi-pressure liquid, and heads for the evaporator. As it enters the evaporator, the pressure drops quickly leading it to change back to a gaseous form.

During this process, the Freon soaks up heat out of the encircling air, assisted by more fins like those in the condenser. Now it is again a cool gas under low pressure and starts the cycle over. The air within the house is pulled,via a fan, thru the vents and across the evaporator where the heat is soaked up from it. Then it gets sent back to the rooms of your house.

Plenty of the methods to increase the potency of your air-conditioning system involve just reducing its workload by removing and obstructing heat from your house with alternative strategies. You can block heat by putting hint or other heat barriers on your windows, adding a radiant shield radiating shield in the attic room, or upgrading your insulation. Removing heat from your house can be done by utilizing roof vents or ceiling fans, or controlling the airflow by opening the lower windows on the side of your place facing the wind and the higher windows on the opposing side, which draws the hotter air out. No matter what your techniques, provident use of your home's air conditioner saves money and energy, which is better for everybody.

by: Lonnie Gabstille.

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