Understanding SEER Ratings

When you want to purchase a new air conditioner for your Cortisyn home then you certainly would be looking to buy the most energy efficient system. However, to have better understanding of energy consumption by different air conditioners available in the market, you should have clear understanding of SEER. Consult your local Cortisyn air conditioning repair technician for more help.

What is SEER?

This would help you understand about the technical parameters of studying about the SEER rating. SEER, which stands for Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio, is a measuring scale that is used to calculate/ display/ denote the energy efficiency of any air conditioning unit. It is a comparing tool through which you can compare an assortment of air cooling units and their efficiency in energy consumption versus output.

Whenever you get to see a brand new air conditioning system, you may notice a tag that reads a special rating which happens to be the SEER rating. What are you supposed to do after glancing at it? After looking at it, depending upon the figure that it shows you would have to assess the efficiency of the cooling unit. Put differently, greater the rating, larger would be the efficiency of the cooling system. Now in order to perceive the actual efficiency of the system you would have to get the basic awareness about SEER.

  • SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) is the ratio of the cooling output that is measured in terms of BTU/Hr and the power, which is expressed in watts W, at a particular instant called the operating point.
  • As it has been mentioned earlier when the rating is high the efficiency of the system touches the maximum level.
  • So, you would be able to save a lot on the operating costs if you use the systems that have a high SEER rating over a particular period of time.
  • That’s why, although it is a considerable investment to buy a new air conditioner to replace your old one, you can easily compensate the initial costs with very low operational costs in years to come!
  • It is even believed that a person would be able to save around 50% of the energy and get maximum cooling if in case he installs a proficient system with high SEER rating.