Room Air Conditioners Frequently Ask Questions

HOW DOES AN AIR CONDITIONER COOL?

Air conditioner (just like in the refrigerator) takes the heat out of the room by means of the evaporation and condensation feature of a coolant fluid. In split air conditioners, the gas passing through the indoor unit absorbs the heat and evaporates. Thus, the environment is cooled. When the evaporating coolant fluid arrives to the outdoor unit, it condenses and outputs the absorbed heat. When this procedure is performed, only the fan motors in the indoor and outdoor units and the compressor, providing the circulation of gas within the device, consume power.

WHAT CAPACITY OF AIR CONDITIONER SHOULD I SELECT?

The heat load of each building and each environment is different. Because of this reason, our authorized service technicians will provide free survey service to determine the capacity which best suits your needs.

WHAT IS HEAT PUMP?

Heat Pump transmits the heat in outer environment to inside. Owing to this, they consume 2-3 times less energy compared with electric stoves, which convert electrical energy to heat directly.

HOW DO AIR CONDITIONERS WITH HEAT PUMP HEAT?

Heat Pump transmits the heat in outer environment to inside. Owing to this, they consume 2-3 times less energy compared with electric stoves, which convert electrical energy to heat directly.

UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS, HEAT PUMP AIR CONDITIONERS MUST BE USED FOR HEATING PURPOSES?

Heat Pump transmits the heat in outer environment to inside. As the outdoor temperature decreases, the heat-pump performance will also decrease. Because of this reason, the usage of heat-pump air conditioners as main means of heating in very cold climates is not appropriate since it will not provide sufficient heating. In such climates, they may be used as auxiliary heating means in addition to main heating device. In particular, in cases where the winters are warmer and outdoor temperatures do not fall below 0-3 degrees, you may obtain a better heating performance from our air conditioner. However the heat insulation of the building in places which will be heated by air conditioner only, is very important

ON WHAT DOES THE PERFORMANCE OF AIR CONDITIONERS DEPEND?

• The performance of your air conditioner depends on various factors such as indoor and outdoor temperatures, the north and south façade of the place where it is use, insulation, window-door areas and structure, wall thicknesses and floor and roof status, which directly affect the heat loss/gain. The specified capacity of your air conditioner are the values measured under the following conditions.

Cooling: Indoor temperature 27 C KT/19 C YT, outdoor temperature 35 C KT/24 C YT

Heating: Indoor temperature 27 C KT/15 C YT, outdoor temperature 7 C KT/6 C YT.

As the outdoor temperature increases, the cooling performance of the air conditioner will decrease. Similarly, as the outdoor temperature decreases, the heating performance of the air conditioner will decrease.

HOW CAN I INSTALL MY AIR CONDITIONER?

The installation of your air conditioner will be performed by Arçelik Authorized services free of charge, within the framework of standard Arçelik/Beko installation procedures

HOW IMPORTANT IS THE SERVICE FOR AIR CONDITIONERS?

For the performance and low power consumption of your air conditioner, the installation and service quality is also as important as the product quality. The errors during installation may prevent you to obtain the expected performance from your product. In addition, to allow your air conditioner to preserve its efficiency for long years, the cleaning of the contaminations on heat transfer surfaces and the performance of the routine maintenances of your device is necessary. Because of this reason, performing a maintenance on your air conditioner for at least once a year is important.

IS THE AIR CONDITIONER HARMFUL FOR HEALTH?

Since your air conditioner will prevent problems, particularly that are caused by excessive heating, it is not harmful for health. In the location of your air conditioner, pay attention to not to sit directly in front of the blown air. Instead of constantly operating your air conditioner at the lowest temperature value and highest fan speed, you may decrease wind effect and prevent the excessive cooling of environment by operating it at high temperature levels and at medium or low fan speeds.

WHAT ARE THE MOST SUITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR HEALTH?

Although changes from person to person, the temperature between 20-27 degrees and a humidity of 40-60 % are generally the most appropriate.

WHAT DO THE ENERGY LEVELS IN AN AIR CONDITIONER MEAN?

In cooling mode, your air conditioner takes the excessive heat energy indoors and transmits the same to outdoors and in heating mode, it transfers the heat energy taken from outdoors to indoors. To realize this operation, it circulates the coolant fluid within closed cooling circuit through a compressor. Cooling system operates with electrical power. The amount of heat energy, transferred for every watt of electrical consumption by your air conditioner is called the efficiency of your air conditioner or "Performance Coefficient." According to the air conditioner power restrictions in European Union Countries, the air conditioners, which trans transfer 3.2 watts of heat energy for every 1 watt of electrical power are of A energy level. They are the air conditioners with lowest power consumption among the air conditioners of same capacity.

WHAT IS EER or COP?

The rate of electrical power, consumed by your air conditioner for the amount of energy, transmitted from indoors to outdoors is called EER (Energy Efficiency Rate) or COP (Coefficient of Performance). The high level of this rate shows the efficiency of your air conditioner.