Air Conditioner - Ozone destroying
We bought an air conditioner and had it installed yesterday. I use to think air conditioners were a waste of energy, resources and money. I don't any more. Perhaps it's age. Perhaps it's living in a hot, humid and noisy urban environment and age.
Well, we bought an 18,000 BTU Kolin (Taiwan Brand) air conditioner. It cost $35,000 plus $7,700 installation fee. (Those are New Taiwan Dollars $1 US = about $32 NTD) It has good features like quiet running, fuzzy setting, movement and a few others.
What I didn't discover till the installer told us was that we have an air conditioner that has the old Freon that destroys the ozone. Great! Huh? They still sell that? By the time it hit me the installer was gone.
Apparently it is still available in the world today. What else I found out was that the new freon costs about $10,000 NTDs more than the old Freon but would save about $500 NTD per month in electric costs over the old Freon if the air condtioner is run 10 hours a day - not an unreasonable amount of time for about 4 summer months here.
Oh well, that's what we got and it works. If you need an air conditioner - I advise to always get a bigger size than you think you need. The more btu's the better - I can't believe I said that. But it does make sense. An air conditioner that is too small will work hard and use power while never really cooling the room.
Air conditoning -"It's my bag, baby."
Of course an alternative would be to live in the trade winds...
Well, we bought an 18,000 BTU Kolin (Taiwan Brand) air conditioner. It cost $35,000 plus $7,700 installation fee. (Those are New Taiwan Dollars $1 US = about $32 NTD) It has good features like quiet running, fuzzy setting, movement and a few others.
What I didn't discover till the installer told us was that we have an air conditioner that has the old Freon that destroys the ozone. Great! Huh? They still sell that? By the time it hit me the installer was gone.
Apparently it is still available in the world today. What else I found out was that the new freon costs about $10,000 NTDs more than the old Freon but would save about $500 NTD per month in electric costs over the old Freon if the air condtioner is run 10 hours a day - not an unreasonable amount of time for about 4 summer months here.
Oh well, that's what we got and it works. If you need an air conditioner - I advise to always get a bigger size than you think you need. The more btu's the better - I can't believe I said that. But it does make sense. An air conditioner that is too small will work hard and use power while never really cooling the room.
Air conditoning -"It's my bag, baby."
Of course an alternative would be to live in the trade winds...
posted by Teacher Gerald at 4:12 PM
2 Comments:
duuuude...old freon?
worth it for the new eh? loved the bigger better more:) look you are getting all american while not living in america...interesting:)
hey i emailed my #..see ya soooon
“An air conditioner that is too small will work hard and use power while never really cooling the room.”---- Indeed! You will never be satisfied if you have a small AC unit and you have a room that is bigger than the average. When you purchase an air conditioner, you should take note of its capability of cooling the room that you have. No matter how big your room is, there's definitely an AC that’ll suit you!
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