Gold Coast Air Conditioners

Archive for December, 2009

This video explains some easy steps you can take to maintain your air conditioner and prevent costly air conditioner repairs.

Duration : 0:5:13
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Bought to you by Gold Coast Air Conditioners, with thanks to Airtechnology

Six Tips for reducing your Air Conditioner Running Costs, including some you can do yourself.  Although the video is USA based, the advice applies worldwide.  What you need to inspect in your home for inefficiencies in your Gold Coast air conditioning system. You can save up to 30% in energy costs by correcting them.  Some are things you can do yourself and will cost you nothing.  If you are serious about reducing your Gold Coast air conditioner running costs, check out the simple advice in the video - like checking for energy leaks.

Duration : 2 min 20 sec

If you live in Delaware, Chester or Montgomery County Pennsylvania PA, Oliver Heating & Cooling will provide a free estimate on the solutions involving costs. Go Green; saving energy also saves the environment.  Call 1-800-522-4884 (USA) for more information.

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Learn how to check for duct loss from your Gold Coast Ducted air conditioning units when conducting a duct test on a house - from an energy efficiency expert in this free video on home safety and repair.

Duration :0:1:4

Expert: Joshua Lindsey
Bio: Joshua Lindsey has been in construction for eight years and was introduced to building science three years ago.
Filmmaker: Mark Sullivan

Solar energy is an excellent way to heat your swimming pool for next-to-nothing. A solar water heater will let you enjoy a longer swimming season and keep your water temperature during cooler evenings without having to worry about the heating costs. Swimming pool solar heating systems can heat a large amount of water each day, and are quite capable of keeping the water temperature at 80 to 85 degrees even in moderate climates.

Fitting a solar pool heater is also a good way of adding value to your home.

If you decide to buy and install a ready-made solar water heating system you could pay from $2,000 to $4,000 depending on collector size and installation costs. However, you can make your own solar heating system for an average-sized pool for less than $200, including materials, plans and expert guidance.

Solar pool heaters are connected directly to your existing pool filter system. While the filter is working during the day the water is passed through the solar collectors and returned to the pool. You can have a swimming pool solar heater system which has no moving parts, such as a recirculating pump, but this is governed by the daily sunshine activity locally.

The solar collector panels are typically installed on a roof so as to receive the maximum amount of direct sunlight. Ideally the collectors should face the sun at mid-day and be at an angle equivalent to your latitude minus 10 to 15 degrees. The total area of the solar collectors will depend on various factors, but 50% of your pool area is a good starting point. This will be at least 75% if the collector panels are laid flat or facing west. It is not unusual for the collector area to be the same as that of the pool when the site is shaded badly or exposed to strong winds. Because these solar collectors are space-hungry, it is often necessary to mount them on a ground frame or even a suitable fence.

These are some factors which need to be considered in the design of a swimming pool solar heater:

• Weather and sunshine levels.
• Building codes and safety issues.
• Pool size.
• Length of the swimming season.
• Desired pool temperature.
• Solar collector efficiency.

This is why you should consider getting some guidance in designing your swimming pool solar heating system, because only someone with professional experience will be able to put forward the best solar pool heating system for your particular circumstances.

It is very easy to make and fit your own swimming pool solar heating system and you need no special skills or tools. All materials are available from local hardware stores and garden shops. But, as we have already mentioned, using getting professional input will ensure that you make a good-quality job. We thoroughly recommend one group of professionals who have produced a simple set of plans and a comprehensive set of clearly illustrated instructions to guide you every step of the way in making your solar swimming pool heater. For under $200, including all plans, instructions, materials and expert guidance, you can have a superb solar water heater system for your pool – that is an inspiring idea!

Fiberglass insulation has been the most popular insulation material for either commercial or residential projects. Its high R rating and ease of use are the biggest reasons fiberglass tops the list among the several available insulation technologies.

The term R rating is defined as the capability of a material to stop the transfer of heat; the product will function more effectively the greater its R value. Insulation with higher R values will help to keep the heat inside and save you money on your overall energy costs. Different areas of the country will have different R value requirements, and will therefore need different kinds of insulation products. You will not require a high R value insulation if you live in a warm climate. You will see the most benefit from high R value products in colder climates, as it is the most efficient insulation at curtailing heat loss.

Because it is in the “loose-fill” category, fiberglass is ”squashable” enough to fit into even the smallest space and also insulate the large areas of walls and attics. Fiberglass insulation is made using glass that has been melted and then spun into fibers. Using recycled glass for much of the raw materials makes fiberglass insulation a reliable and “green” product. This fiberglass is then packaged as either rolls (utilizing a backing paper) or loosely bagged “blow-in” insulation.

The most popular type of insulation used in residential applications is fiberglass blankets, which are most often sold in widths which fit snugly in the space between joists and between wall studs. The big, pink rolls of fiberglass insulation have become a common sight.

Blown in insulation is best for areas where accessibility is too difficult, like eaves and irregular crawl spaces. Using this type of insulation, small pieces of fiber are quickly blown into the space using specialized equipment. To help protect against settling, which could lessen its effectiveness, many of the blow-in products come with a special glue that holds all of the fiber pieces in place.

Another looming difficulty with blow-in fiberglass is the mess. If you rile up the stuff, it will wind up in places you don’t want it, like on the rugs and in your lungs and down your back. Therefore, if you plan on using your attic as a storage space, it would be best to use the pink rolls and then cover the joists with plywood. This will have the added benefit of further insulating the house. You can also box in the blow-in fiberglass, but working with the rolls is just so much easier, less time consuming, and cheaper.

Most air conditioning units need to be installed permanently in one place and so when an air conditioning unit does not need to be permanently installed in one place it is generally referred to as a portable air conditioning option. Small window air conditioners can be easily handled from one room to the other after installation.

Portable Air Conditioning Can Be Mounted On Wheels

In most instances, the term portable air conditioning refers to any item of air conditioning that can be mounted on a set of wheels and which can then be rolled and located wherever it is required. Furthermore, portable air conditioning means ductless air conditioners that provide an excellent means of augmenting the working of a central air conditioner.

Portable air conditioning is best used when you find that installing and paying for duct work for a large sized air conditioner is so high that it becomes unaffordable. In fact, portable air conditioning allows for quick as well as more convenient means of enjoying air conditioning and in fact they are ideal for small sized rooms that they can easily cool almost instantaneously.

Most often, portable air conditioning products are mounted on a base that has wheels under it and so it facilitates ease of movement and a portable air conditioner can easily be rolled in and out of a room with least amount of fuss or bother. And, when you don’t need the unit you can simply store it out of sight.

A number of portable air conditioning designs are either the split or hose air conditioning types that throw hot and humid air out of the room and circulating the drier and cooler air within the room. Furthermore, portable air conditioning means choosing between large or small units with the latter type being used in small areas within a home such as pantry or even hall closet while the larger units are more useful for commercial use including in retail shops and also on floor areas in a manufacturing unit.

The best part about choosing a portable air conditioning unit is that it can be powered by other sources than the normal wall electricity outlet and even an inverter can be used to provide the unit with its power requirements; solar panels too can do the job of powering up such units. One of the better such units, the Haier HPE07XC6 is a seven thousand BTU portable air conditioner that is very inexpensive and which does a good job of cooling small rooms. Most people that have used this type of air conditioner have nothing but good things to say about it.

Once your Gold Coast air conditioning specialist has installed your air conditioner, there are some very basic maintenance jobs you need to do periodically.

Here Don demonstrates how maintaining your air conditioner can result in big energy savings.

Duration : 0:1:35