Installing and Maintaining an HVAC System

Evaporative Cooling Versus Refrigerated Air Conditioning Systems: Which is Right For Your Home?

5 March 2018

Aaron Kennedy

When it comes to cooling your home, you have two main options: evaporative cooling systems and refrigerated air conditioning systems. Both can offer some significant advantages and drawbacks, and this article was created to help you better understand those. Here's what you need to know to decide between evaporative cooling systems and refrigerated air conditioning systems. 

Refrigerated Air Conditioning Systems

Refrigerated air conditioning systems are typically part of a reverse cycle system that also includes heating. This allows you to use the same system for temperature control during both the summer and the winter. Powerful refrigerated air conditioning systems can cool the whole home quite rapidly -- sometimes in only minutes. Whilst this does offer a high level of convenience, it also has quite a high price. 

The initial cost of a refrigerated air conditioning system can be well into the thousands of dollars, and unfortunately the cost doesn't stop there. In the hottest part of the Australian summers, the power bills with a refrigerated air conditioning system can be astronomically high. 

Whilst refrigerated air conditioning systems do have the advantages of quick cooling and convenience, many people today find that the cost is simply to high to offset these advantages.

Evaporative Cooling Systems

Evaporative cooling systems such as Cool Breeze air conditioning can deliver cool air for your whole home. Instead of using refrigerated air, evaporative coolers filter fresh air over a pad that's continually cooled with water. The system takes dry hot air and then transforms it into cool and moist air. In this way, an evaporative cooler is capable of cooling your whole home to a comfortable level.

The main difference between an evaporative cooler and a refrigerated air conditioning system is that the cooled air from an evaporative cooler is moist rather than dry. Whilst this may take a bit of time to grow accustomed to, most people find it quite comfortable -- you may even grow to prefer the evaporative cooler air. 

The initial set-up cost of an evaporative cooling system like Cool Breeze is usually much less than that of a refrigerated air conditioning system -- often, around half the cost. Additionally, the monthly power bills are typically dramatically lower with an evaporative cooler than they would be with a refrigerated air conditioning system.

Which is Right For You?

The choice between refrigerated air and an evaporative cooler often comes down to what type of money you want to spend. Many people today find that there's no reason to pay more money to cool their home when they don't have to -- making evaporative coolers an increasingly popular choice in Australia today. Call your local HVAC provider to discuss your air conditioning system choice today!

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