Department of energy now requires a minimum of 13 seer or 14 seer for central air conditioners depending on where you live.
Best rated central heat and air units.
American standard air conditioners are one of the best central air conditioning brands in the business.
While older ac units were typically rated around 8 to 9 seer the u s.
The company gets far fewer repair calls for its ac systems than most of the other ac units in the business.
As one of the oldest manufacturers of top rated heating and air conditioning systems they are known to be reliable and have a good reputation for top of the line central air conditioning and hvac systems.
The condensing unit aka condenser which is placed outdoors and the air handler evaporator coil which is located indoors.
This unit has been on our list of top rated air conditioners for years because of its record of dependable cooling.
Of the 98 models we looked at only 39 rated below 16 seer the average of all the models we evaluated.
As it is also known the carrier infinity 20 with greenspeed intelligence was the first of its kind when introduced about 2010.
It was one of the first modulating acs and it continues to prove its value.
If you have a furnace the furnace with the addition of an appropriate evaporator coil can also perform the function of the air handler.
All split system central air conditioners consist of two units.
The minimum seer for a split system central air conditioner allowed today is 14 so look for units with seer ratings of 15 or greater.