{"id":369,"date":"2012-08-13T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/?p=369"},"modified":"2012-08-09T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T21:14:09","slug":"springfield-vt-air-conditioning-question-how-does-central-ac-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/springfield-vt-air-conditioning-question-how-does-central-ac-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield, VT Air Conditioning Question: How Does Central AC Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air conditioning systems are designed with one main purpose in mind: cooling indoor air so that our homes remain comfortable even when the weather outside is much too hot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/air-conditioning\">Central air conditioning systems<\/a> work by cooling air within the air conditioner itself, and then sending that air conditioned air through a series of supply ducts to rooms throughout a building.\u00a0 The air then circulates within that room and over time it heats up and returns through return ducts back to the air conditioner where it is once again cooled.\u00a0 The cycle repeats as long as the central AC system is running.<\/p>\n<p>The air cooling process within the air conditioner happens through a complex process involving different internal mechanical parts of the air conditioner.\u00a0 The compressor is a device which compresses refrigerant, increasing its temperature and pressure thus turning it into a vapor.\u00a0 The vapor flows into the condenser where the excess heat is transferred outside.\u00a0 As this happens the refrigerant is turned back into a liquid state.\u00a0 As air passes over the coils the air is cooled and dehumidified.\u00a0 During dehumidification, excess moisture is removed from the air and turned into a liquid which is then drained.<\/p>\n<p>Central air conditioning systems can utilize the same duct system as heating systems, and both can be controlled through one main thermostat.\u00a0 At the thermostat you can set temperatures for varying days and times.\u00a0 Central AC systems are more energy efficient than they used to be, and they continue to improve every year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/about\/contact\">HB Energy Solutions<\/a>\u00a0offers central air conditioning installation, maintenance, and repair, so call us if you need AC service in\u00a0Springfield, VT and the surrounding area!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air conditioning systems are designed with one main purpose in mind: cooling indoor air so that our homes remain comfortable even when the weather outside is much too hot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[13,91,92,93,259],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-service","tag-air-conditioning","tag-air-conditioning-installation","tag-central-ac","tag-ludlow","tag-springfield"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hbenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}