| Perhaps one of the best products ever invented | | | | Instead of relying on ducts, mini splits feature |
| was the air conditioner. Nothing beats the luxury | | | | refrigerant lines that run from a single unit outside |
| of being able to sit inside on a blistering hot day | | | | to each the additional ones inside. These |
| as the air conditioner bursts forth super cooled air | | | | refrigerant lines cool the air and the indoor unit |
| to chill your home. For many years, our only | | | | distributes the cool air throughout the house. |
| solution was the window unit air conditioners. | | | | Some homes can do well with just one unit while |
| These loud and often quirky pieces of equipment | | | | other larger houses may incorporate up to 3 and |
| helped cool you down but were often inefficient in | | | | sometimes even more zones to full cool the |
| cooling larger areas. You either had to install | | | | house. |
| multiple units or deal with part of your house | | | | So, while the overall cost can be much cheaper |
| being uncomfortably warm. Central air conditioners | | | | than central air systems, you do have to content |
| were a great improvement and they do a fairly | | | | with multiple indoor units. While they are small, this |
| effective job at cooling the entire house. | | | | can be viewed as a negative by some. As far as |
| Nowadays, they are fairly standard in many | | | | cooling economically, however, you aren't likely to |
| newly build homes. But, there is a new kid on the | | | | find any negatives here. You see, traditional duct |
| block in the world of air conditioners and it is called | | | | systems can be incredibly inefficient because the |
| the mini split. | | | | cooled air is forced through a massive duct |
| A mini split represents an entirely new concept in | | | | system where much of the cooling is lost during |
| air conditioning technology in that they are | | | | its travel to the register in a particular room. With |
| ductless. The need for ductless ac looms large as | | | | min splits, the coolant travels through extremely |
| many houses don't have any space for | | | | efficient refrigerant lines directly to the units that |
| incorporating the large and bulky duct systems | | | | expel the cooled air. Not only will your mini split |
| needed for implementing a traditional central air | | | | cost less to install, your ongoing bills should be |
| conditioning system. Try to modify an existing | | | | cheaper as well. |
| house that doesn't have space for ducts can be | | | | If your home is woefully without ac, then taking |
| incredibly expensive and often result in a | | | | some time to investigate mini splits a little more |
| cumbersome final design. Mini splits require very | | | | may be just the solution to your sweat covered |
| little space and are much easier to install. | | | | brow. In one day, and for less than the cost of a |
| While traditional central air systems have one unit | | | | full central air system, you can be chilling in style |
| inside and one unit outside that work together to | | | | thanks to a newly installed mini split air conditioning |
| cool air and force it through the duct system, mini | | | | system. |
| splits feature multiple units throughout the house. | | | | |