I wanted to have a new air conditioning unit installed in my house.
- I wanted to get some information and hints on what kind of AC unit I should purchase and what I should know about AC units.
The one thing I kept having said was to check the SEER before purchasing an air conditioning unit. I knew what a seer was, but I didn’t know what SEER was. After talking to the local HVAC company, I was told that SEER was the way they measured air conditioning units for energy efficiency. The higher the SEER. the more efficient the air conditioning unit was. I was expecting numbers in the upper nineties, and not around 7 or slightly higher. When I saw the 7.5 rating on one air conditioning unit, I thought they may have had a typo. I called the HVAC company a second time and asked if they could send an HVAC technician to the house. I couldn’t wait to talk to the HVAC technician and find out more about SEER. When the HVAC tech finally arrived, he explained about SEER and how a rating of 7.5 was really good. We went over different air conditioning units, and he told me what he recommended for my house. I was grateful to finally talk to someone who would answer my questions and help me with my purchase.. Purchasing an air conditioning unit shouldn’t be so difficult. It should be more like buying something from Amazon. You point, click and pay, and if it doesn’t fit, send it back.