Mismatched Air Handler And Condenser

The first important fact is that your evaporator coils are located inside of your air conditioner s indoor unit.

Mismatched air handler and condenser.

So i have 5 ton lennox gas furnace and air handler which is really too large for my house and just came upon a brand new 3 ton goodman condenser and coil for great deal. The condenser coils are located in the outdoor cooling unit. You have no items in your shopping cart. So for example if you bought a condenser with a 17 seer rating for its energy efficiency you won t get the expected performance without.

When you purchase a new hvac system the efficiency ratings are based on matched equipment. Contact us chat email support. Manufacturers purposely design condenser coils and evaporator coils to work together in order for end users to obtain the best possible efficiency reliability and operation out of their system. Ingrams water and air equipment.

Because like a hasty person who hits the road with a loafer on one foot and a flip flop on the other an air conditioning system that is not properly matched will not work efficiently and will cause you problems in the long run. Should having a mismatched air conditioning system bother you as much as leaving the house wearing two different shoes. Unfortunately yes you should replace your air handler and condenser at the same time if one or the other fails. Warranty violations most manufacturers specify that if you replace either the evaporator coil or condenser coil it must be the same size and seer rating.

Air conditioning systems are just that several components designed to work together in order to provide the best possible cooling for an application. These coils are designed to work in tandem so as to remove excessive heat and moisture from your home. So if i understand this correctly you can put a 3 ton coil and condenser on a 5 ton air handler. I have gotten mixed information with local hvac guys and need to figure this out.

In a split system do an air handler and condenser have to match or can a split system operate with mismatched air handler and condenser units. Pedro portillo of acu air heating and air conditioning says a system with mismatched condenser and evaporator coils will not run at peak efficiency resulting in higher utility bills.