One of PTAC air conditioners

Usually we can find PTAC air conditioner units in apartment and hotel construction. As add information PTAC stand of Packaged Terminal Air conditioner. PTAC air conditioners available in various sizes that is helpful to be adjusted to the demand. Some various sizes of them in market today are 106.68×40.64 centimeters, 101.6×38.1 centimeters, and 91.44×38.1 centimeters.

They are available in various installation models such as trough in heat sinks (usually have already been outdoor and indoor as one package), vents, and wall. Wall models are the most popular models of them. The typically installation that must be considered of common wall models require room enclosure (helpful to keep the efficiency performance of the device), PTAC, metal sleeve, heating coil and louver.

If we familiar to use PTAC air conditioners, usually we use them to heat or cool not-multiple or double living space, and usually they use electricity as source power. But you should know, in the market we can also choose cooling only PTACS are equipped with external heating through steam heating coil or a hot water. They are also available in various power capacities, usually the units which as capable for output cooling or heating have power capacity around between (5,500 watts and 2,000 watts) or in BTUs parameter we can also say between the highest level in 19,000 BTUs per hour and the lowest in 7,000 BTUs per hour (as add information, BTUs stand of British Thermal Units).

In PTAC air conditioners system mechanism, use evaporative coil to extract the condensate water from air. By using the condenser fan, the condensate water from air is attracted onto the condenser coil surface, and in this process it evaporates. So because they use evaporative coil mechanism, they don’t need to use the drain piping anymore. Maybe this reason, some people call them as evaporative units. Evaporative coil also is helpful to make the maintenance to remove and clean water inside of the cooling and heating unit to be easily.

Below are some simple tips how to replace a PTAC unit safely, correctly and properly:

1. The first that we must to do is by turning off the old PTAC unit completely. After it we can to unplug or disconnect the old PTAC unit from power source safely.
2. Then we can remove cover carefully. Usually you can do it well with a slight pull at the bottom of cover and then lift the cover up and finish. After we remove cover completely, we san to start to clean filters (usually they are located in front of the cover) clearly from any dusts or else. Finished it, we can put the cover to the side (make surely it safe).
3. After the cover we remove properly, then we can try to remove screws (usually consist of four screws and they are located in the right and left) from PTAC unit. And don’t forget to put the screw in safe location, don’t be missed them!
4. Then before we pull the old PTAC unit straight out, you should know that usually PTAC units have not-balance in weight or heavier on one side. Don’t forget be mindful and concern of cart load, as soon as we finish to pull unit out on the PTAC cart.
5. Then we can to clean up the housing before installing with new PTAC unit. More information how to change PTAC unit more completely, usually we can find on the manufacture’s guidelines procedure about it.