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THE FOLLOWING Non-Profit organization examined
the quality of new installations and found…
North
Carolina Alternative Energy Corp.
“Business owners
must get better control of quality”
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95%
of systems tested had some sort of energy
wasting problem.
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50% had improper refrigerant charge.
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40% failed to meet minimum air flow requirements
·
20% were barely inside the range specified by
manufacture.
Texas
A&M University
“Seer
ratings drop significantly due to poor work practices”
·
A
12 Seer system drops below a 10 SEER with as
little as 10% refrigerant undercharge.
·
A
14 Seer system drops below 11 seer with as
little as the same 10% refrigerant undercharge.
Lakeland Electric and Water
“Poor sealing and
caulking of return air is costing owners more than they realize”
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45% in capacity and energy is lost with only a 15%
return air leak in attic.
Honeywell
“Manufactures
efficiency ratings drop with age”
·
Heat pumps lose 50%
of its efficiency over its
lifetime.
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