AC- Split and Cunduct

Split or Ducted Air Conditioning 

If you plan on cooling or heating a whole home or office, the main choice will be whether to go with a ducted or wall hung split air conditioner. Both of them will do a great job of keeping your space cool, but there are many differences between the two.

What Is a Ducted Air Conditioner?
Ducted air conditioners are common in the workplace, shopping centres and other large areas, but they are also increasingly common for the home. They involve a central location where the air is treated, then sent by fans through a system of ducts and into each room. Ducted air conditioners are great for keeping large areas at a uniform temperature.

What Is a Wall Hung Split Air Conditioner?
A wall hung split system differs from ducted air conditioning by having a separate compressor and indoor unit for each area that is being cooled (apart from multi head split systems, which have multiple indoor units attached to the single outdoor unit). The indoor and outdoor units are connected by piping instead of ducts. One of the main advantages of this kind of air conditioning is that it allows you to control the temperature in each room (although ActronAir’s Ultima feature, available on the Plus and Platinum ranges, allows you to do the same with your ducted air conditioning). for example, someone can be exercising on the treadmill with the AC cranked to the max, while another person can be nice and toasty while they watch a movie.

Which Is Easier to Install?
While both of these systems operate under essentially the same principals, installation is very different. Ducted air conditioning requires ducting throughout the whole house, vents installed in each room, as well as the central unit installed outside. Because of the extensive work, it is often easier to design air conditioning for houses and businesses with ducting, rather than retrofit it.

Split systems tend to be easier to install because the internal units are connected with piping, rather than ducting. Your home will still have to be modified with holes made for the hpiping, but this is less significant than ductwork. Each room will have an evaporator unit mounted on the wall, instead of the vents that ducted units have.

When you include equipment and installation costs, ducted systems tend to be more expensive upfront, especially for smaller applications. As the building gets bigger, these costs reverse, and a ducted system will become cheaper than installing a split system in each area.
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