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Central Air Conditioning

Air conditioning provides indoor comfort by providing a cooler, drier environment inside your home. Central air conditioning, once a luxury, has become a necessity to keep your home cool and inviting all summer long-no matter what the outside temperature or humidity level.

Thermo Pride has built its reputation on handcrafted products that provide years of comfort, reliability, quiet operation and high efficiency. Thermo Pride units are designed and built better to last longer.

13 SEER and Premiere 14 SEER Air Conditioning

Basic Central Air Conditioning Operation

Graphic courtesy of Training Concepts, Inc.

Central Air Conditioning systems have four basic components:

an outside condensing unit

an inside evaporator coil

a set of tubing to circulate refrigerant between the outside and inside units

an air delivery system to circulate the conditioned air

Condensed refrigerant is sent from the outside compressor unit to the evaporator coil, usually located in the indoor air supply duct or air handler unit (Represented by the grey line). As the warm air from the home flows through the evaporator coil, heat is absorbed by the refrigerant and moisture is removed from the air, leaving cooler, dryer air to re-circulate through the home.

The heated refrigerant (represented by the mauve line) is then cycled back to the outdoor condensing unit where it is compressed and cooled by discharging the heat into the outside air.