Evaporative Aircon
We've been getting quotes in.
Does anyone have these types and any comments on which is best? - Breeze Air - Cool Breeze - Braemar Thanks |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by Luma
(Post 6894985)
We've been getting quotes in.
Does anyone have these types and any comments on which is best? - Breeze Air - Cool Breeze - Braemar Thanks Get reverse cycle instead. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
They only work in dry climates.
If it's a humid heat they make it worse.
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 6895006)
My experience of evaporative is that it does not work. It's really just a glorified fan and is not really airconditioning.
Get reverse cycle instead. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 6895006)
My experience of evaporative is that it does not work. It's really just a glorified fan and is not really airconditioning.
Get reverse cycle instead. If it's a new build, consider putting a core in the roof that will duct heating/cooling all over the house. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 6895006)
My experience of evaporative is that it does not work. It's really just a glorified fan and is not really airconditioning.
Get reverse cycle instead. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by hoofie2002
(Post 6895014)
It does work ok, but not very well when it's very humid [it is cheap to run though]. If I was putting a/c in for the first time, I'd get a reverse-cycle.
If it's a new build, consider putting a core in the roof that will duct heating/cooling all over the house. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by hoofie2002
(Post 6895014)
It does work ok, but not very well when it's very humid [it is cheap to run though]. If I was putting a/c in for the first time, I'd get a reverse-cycle.
If it's a new build, consider putting a core in the roof that will duct heating/cooling all over the house. It works well though. Evaporative is cheap for a reason. |
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We're going the evaporative way. We don't have tons of money to spend and also don't want high running costs.
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Re: Evaporative Aircon
Depends where you live. If you live in Mildura Vic for instance evaporative is fine as its very hot and very dry. If you lived in Brisbane then it would be a disaster because its so humid and evaporative is humid too.
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Re: Evaporative Aircon
Just get a fan.
Originally Posted by Luma
(Post 6895073)
We're going the evaporative way. We don't have tons of money to spend and also don't want high running costs.
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Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by Luma
(Post 6894985)
We've been getting quotes in.
Does anyone have these types and any comments on which is best? - Breeze Air - Cool Breeze - Braemar Thanks We have a ducted Cool Breeze system and on the whole it works very well. Even last Boxing Day when Perth reached 44.6c we were cool inside the house as it was too hot to eat outside. Humid days do affect its ability to cool but what we found is if you know its going be humid start the system early in the day and it will keep cooling. Evap is a very simple system which mainly consists of a large fan and a water pump to keep the Celdek pads soaking wet. For cooling you cannot beat a proper air con system but they chew electric big time. Our system chews about 900w an hour as opposed to the 17kw's that our friends system pulls. There are pro's and con's for either system. Do a google search for more detailed info. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by Swing-Your-Pants
(Post 6895652)
...Our system chews about 900w an hour as opposed to the 17kw's that our friends system pulls...
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Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by DrWho
(Post 6897045)
The kW figure most often quoted for AC systems is that for the cooling or heating capacity not the electrical stuff... 17kW would get you a pair of 25kW Daikin ducted systems which would cool a very substantial house indeed... :)
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Re: Evaporative Aircon
Originally Posted by Swing-Your-Pants
(Post 6895652)
Ok here's my 2c worth:
We have a ducted Cool Breeze system and on the whole it works very well. Even last Boxing Day when Perth reached 44.6c we were cool inside the house as it was too hot to eat outside. Humid days do affect its ability to cool but what we found is if you know its going be humid start the system early in the day and it will keep cooling. Evap is a very simple system which mainly consists of a large fan and a water pump to keep the Celdek pads soaking wet. For cooling you cannot beat a proper air con system but they chew electric big time. Our system chews about 900w an hour as opposed to the 17kw's that our friends system pulls. There are pro's and con's for either system. Do a google search for more detailed info. |
Re: Evaporative Aircon
Thanks for your reply. The is currently a good deal for Cool Breeze on so we're thinking of going that way.
Try to get a self cleaning / emptying cooler, this will stop the build up of calcium scale on the batts. Brivis and Braemar ( I think ) have them. Scale reduces the efficiency of the cooling over time |
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