Is it time to replace the old, failing air conditioner in your Dayton area home? If so, you will want to consider the benefits of choosing a two-stage cooling system. This type of air conditioner delivers enhanced home cooling and increased energy efficiency, allowing you to reduce energy costs without sacrificing comfort.
What Is Two-Stage Cooling?
The standout feature in this type of air conditioner is its compressor. Unlike a standard system that runs on only one high speed, this system has a compressor that runs on two speeds: low and high. Most of these systems also apply a variable-speed air handler to simultaneously adjust how much air moves throughout an interior environment, enhancing comfort and energy savings.
How It Meets Cooling Demands
About 80 percent of the time, a two-stage cooling system will run at its lower speed. This is more than enough to meet household cooling loads during the spring and milder summer days, mornings and evenings. Because it operates continuously at this lower speed, the air conditioner doesn’t need to shut on and off as often as it would if it were operating only on the high, full-blast setting to match demand. By avoiding the constant on-off cycle, the two-stage system lowers energy costs, improves household dehumidification, and extends the service life of your A/C.
The ability to automatically ramp up to the high speed allows the system to precisely and efficiently adjust cooling output to meet demand on the hottest of summer days.
Benefits
- Enhanced humidity control. A continuously running air conditioner can better dehumidify indoor air as it gives the equipment’s coils sufficient time to draw water vapor into the A/C and evaporate.
- Enhanced comfort. The on-off cycling of a single-stage cooling system can result in unbalanced and inconsistent household temperatures, depending on whether the system is operating or not. Reliable two-stage cooling avoids this problem by circulating just the right amount of air.
- Increased service life. Compressors forced to repeatedly turn on and off are subject to increased wear and tear, requiring more maintenance and quicker replacements.
For more information on two-stage cooling in your Dayton area home, please contact us at Ace Hardware Home Services, Inc.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Dayton, Ohio about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems).
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