Why Are Some HVAC Units growing in size? It actually has to do with efficiency ratings.
#hvac #efficiency #carbonfootprint

Number Two Carbon footprint and bigger units. With the standards being raised, with a lot of heating and air systems where they'll say hey, it needs to be, you know this much efficiency. We're starting to see systems that are getting bigger and bigger and bigger it used to be when efficiency didn't matter so much and electricity wasn't so expensive and so on. We would see people have systems that they could almost put them in the back of their car.

I Mean they were small enough, Especially some of these ton and a half or two ton systems. They came up not even to my hip. And now we have systems that are almost as tall as me trying to meet some of these standards. And you might say, well, why does this matter? Why are they making them bigger just to meet standards? Well, when they have a certain efficiency rating that it has to reach one of the ways they can get there is having a larger coil for air to be pulled across and that makes it to where the system literally has to be larger in size.


3 thoughts on “The surprising reason why hvac systems are getting bigger”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars azim sunesara says:

    Efficiency is thrown out the window if the unit is not properly started up or customer doesnโ€™t get routine maintenance done on the unit. With more efficiency comes with more expenses such as the higher efficiency units have multiple control boards that can go bad. I stick with 14 seer simple and easy to work on plus cost customer less in the long run.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kenneth Bubser says:

    Fujitsu has airhandler with there outdoor unit. So they all can do it.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kenneth Bubser says:

    Answer me this why are outdoor units of mini split small but more effiecent. Eventually all unit will have technology of mini split outdoor unit matched with airhandler or furnace. Canโ€™t keep getting bigger. They donโ€™t fit in van with two shelves. Time for a change smaller.

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