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Palm Springs Ductless Mini-Split Air Conditioning & Heating Systems
What is a Ductless Mini-Split Air Conditioning & Heating System?
Mini-split systems are a type of ductless heating and cooling system. Central air conditioning and heating system delivers cool or warm air from a central unit to your entire Palm Springs house using ductwork. However, a mini-split system cools or heats a single room at a time. This allows you to control the temperature for a single room or zone. Doing this provides more control and energy efficiency.
How do Ductless Mini-Split Air Conditioning & Heating Systems Work?
Why are Ductless Mini-Split Systems More Energy Efficient?
There are several factors that contribute to a ductless mini-split system being an energy-efficient choice for your Palm Springs home.
Some spaces may be difficult to cool, often the master bedroom is located furthest away from the central air conditioning and heating unit. Because the air has to travel a longer distance through the ductwork, some cooling or heating capacity can be lost over the distance. Older, or poorly sealed ductwork can contribute to this loss.
In most Palm Springs homes, the thermostat is not located in the room or zone furthest away, but closer to where the central AC system is located. Often, the thermostat may be located in a hallway, where there’s a constant flow of cooler air. This means the location of the thermostat will be cooler than the location of the master bedroom, or zone.
So, to compensate, we might set our thermostat to a lower temperature, so these further away rooms or zones are cooled. This means operating the AC unit longer, to accommodate a room or zone. A longer running time means higher electricity consumption.
Unlike the above scenario, a ductless mini-split system is only monitoring the temperature of the room or zone it’s in. Since it only cares about cooling or heating just that space, it does not need to run as long as a central unit. This allows you to have a setting on your central thermostat for the rest of the house, and not run the central AC unit longer just to cool the more challenging spaces.
In addition, because a mini-split system is ductless, it does not suffer from cooling or heating loss through ductwork, and this also lowers the amount of electricity it uses, because it does not have to run longer to achieve the desired temperature.
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What Types of Spaces Are Good Candidates for a Ductless Mini-Split System?
Home Additions
When adding on to your Palm Springs Home, your existing central air conditioning and heating system will need to be expanded. It will require additional ductwork and the the system may need to be upgraded to accommodate the extra square footage. Installing a ductless mini-split system is an excellent choice for home additions, because it eliminates the expense of expanding the existing system and ductwork.
Bonus Rooms
Many Palm Springs homes have a three-car garage, with the third garage often referred to as a “bonus room.” Many Palm Springs home owners will convert these into offices, dens, crafting rooms, or even, a guest room. Cooling and heating such a space can be challenging. A ductless mini-split system provides a cost-effective to cool or heat such a space.
Garages and Battery Walls
We see more and more Palm Springs homeowners with solar power considering adding a battery wall to store the excess electricity their solar panels produce. Often, the only available space in the home is in the garage.
In Palm Springs, summer temperatures can be excessive. The temperatures in our garages, with limited air circulation, can be higher than outdoors. A challenge faced is that battery walls do not like excessive heat. High temperatures can degrade battery efficiency.
One option is to run ductwork into the garage and cool it off of the central AC unit. The problem with this is that it adds extra load to the central unit and can drive electricity consumption up.
With this in mind, a mini-split system can be an excellent cost-effective choice for sufficiently cooling a garage to make it an acceptable environment for a battery wall.
Types of Mini-Split Air Conditioning Systems
- Wall mounted systems
- Ceiling cassette systems
The Sunlogix Energy Consultation Process
A licensed engineer and not a salesperson or consultant will visit your home. The engineer will conduct a full analysis of your home and existing equipment.
The Sunlogix Energy engineer will:
- Discuss your goals with you. They will want to understand how many people occupy the home or business, your day to day lifestyle patterns, energy saving goals and how long you plan to own the house or business.
- Analyze airflow patterns in your home or business
- Inspect your duct system to ensure any potential issues are addressed
- As a follow-up to the visit, the Sunlogix Energy engineer will prepare a detailed multi-page recommendation and proposal. The proposal will include a complete scope of work.
Sunlogix Energy engineers are trained in the latest developments in the cooling and heating industry. They are passionate about creating solutions to ensure the comfort of our customers.
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