Comfort™ Series Air Conditioner
Carrier specializes in creating a customized home comfort system tailored to your needs with our broad selection of residential heating and cooling products. Asbuilt ClimateCare can help you choose the best system for your home, including a Comfort™ Series air conditioner and Carrier-exclusive features that further enhance your indoor environment.
Puron® Refrigerant
Puron - the environmentally sound refrigerant
Puron® refrigerant is environmentally sound and won't deplete the ozone layer. Carrier® introduced Puron refrigerant a full six years ahead of the competition, paving the way for the future. The Clean Air Act of 1990 prohibits the production of HCFC-based air conditioners and heat pumps by 2010, and bans Freon®-22* production by 2020. As Freon® production reduces, its cost is predicted to increase.
Freon®-12 in the automotive industry increased by a whopping 800% in a short seven years following its phase-out! Ensure your cooling costs by investing in systems with Puron® refrigerant - environmentally sound, efficient and dependable refrigerant designed for the future. Carrier Comfort Series air conditioners with Puron® refrigerant deliver excellent efficiency, reliability and proven performance.
Durability
Neither rain nor hail nor golf or soccer balls can keep a Carrier system from doing its job - it's built tough, inside and out.
* Outside - WeatherArmor™ protection and galvanized steel cabinet protect against corrosion and keep your system looking its best for years; Louvered steel coil guard promotes optimum airflow through the outdoor unit and prevents coil damage from rocks, sticks, lawn and sports equipment and more.
* Inside - Carrier's compressor design has the most trouble-free performance record of any compressor on the market today.
Efficiency
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio, or SEER, is like gas mileage. A higher SEER rating means a more energy-efficient air conditioning system. As of mid-January of 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy requires home cooling systems to meet a minimum rating of 13.0 SEER. Carrier was one of the first leading air conditioner manufacturers to fully support this environmentally sound mandate.
Carrier's Comfort™ Series air conditioners are available with efficiency ratings starting at 13.0 and 14.0 SEER.
As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Carrier Corporation has determined that Comfort™ Series air conditioners that achieve system combinations of 14.0 SEER and 11.5 EER or higher meet the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency.
Greater Operational Efficiency
For every $100 spent to cool your home using a 10.0 SEER air conditioner, a 14.0 SEER air conditioner should cost you approximately $71. Actual savings will depend on the efficiency of your current system compared to the efficiency of a new system.
Carrier Technology, diagram of air conditioning technology
* 1 Aerodynamic top - enhances airflow through the outdoor unit, and reduces noisy turbulence.
* 2 Compressor - the heart of the cooling system, the compressor pumps refrigerant through the system.
* 3 Copper Microtube™/aluminum fin coil - precisely controls air intake within the combustion system for high-efficiency performance.
* 4 WeatherArmor protection package - combines design elements that protect your comfort: (a)galvanized steel cabinet (b)Louvered stell coil guard (c)baked-on powder paint.
* 5 Filter drier - constantly filters the refrigerant to remove moisture or other contaminants that can harm your air conditioner.
* 6 Sealed combustion system - reduces cold air infiltration while providing quieter operation.