Split Air Conditioning Systems

Split air conditioning systems are those that have the air handler inside the room they are cooling and the compressor outside. Split air conditioning systems are ideal for use in a single room or a small home such as a caravan or trailer.

Split Air Conditioning Systems

There are three basic types of air conditioning systems, split air conditioning systems, central air conditioning systems and portable air conditioning systems. Each system has its own good points but there is a certain overlap as to their uses.

The central air conditioning system is far and away the best for conditioning the air in a house or similar building. It also works out cheaper than having split air conditioning systems in every room. Because central air conditioning systems deal with all the air in all the rooms simultaneously, you can leave internal doors open and walk around the house as normal.

Portable air conditioning systems are all right for a small room for a short period of time. For example, if you wanted to smoke a cigarette while watching a film in the evening, a portable air conditioning system would take away the smell of the smoke and cool the room. It could be used in a trailer, a caravan or even a tent while on holiday.

Split air conditioning systems are like a half way house of the two above. They are not as powerful as central air conditioning systems, but are much more powerful than portables. Whereas a portable would struggle with a largish room, you can get split air conditioning systems for almost any size room.

However, that is the rub, they can only cope with one room each really, unless you live in a small home like a trailer or caravan. Split air conditioning systems are designed to cope with only one room. Therefore, if you had one in your home office, you would have to keep the door closed and people would have to nip in and out quickly to keep your conditioned air inside. Likewise, if you had one in the living room, you would lose air every time you went to the kitchen or the bathroom.

The only room that it would be of much use is the bedroom as you can shut the door, go to sleep and you are unlikely to be roaming the house for seven or eight hours. However, once you have got used to the advantages of your air conditioning system, you may want other units in other rooms, in which case it would have been better to get a central system in the first place.

Modern split air conditioning units are extremely efficient at filtering air, but if you have the need to filter out something specifically like pollen, check that the filters available for the model you like can do that job, because not all air filters can do everything. Once you have one of these split air conditioning systems, make sure that you stick to the cleaning and maintenance routines or they could quickly become clogged.