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| York "Packaged" Heating and Cooling Systems |
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In a packaged system, all equipment is built into an outdoor unit, usually on a concrete slab or other platform. The "package" that gives it its name provides central air conditioning during the summer and heat in colder months.
Models available use:
- Electricity for resistance heating and cooling
- Gas for heating and electricity for cooling
- Heat pump models using electricity
The efficiency of packaged systems are rated using SEER (for cooling efficiency), AFUE% (for gas heating efficiency) and HSPF (for heat pump efficiency). Ductwork is required to transfer the heated or cooled air throughout the home.
York offers a variety of packaged systems in different sizes and efficiencies |
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| Gas Furnaces |
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Most home comfort systems have two parts: an outdoor air conditioner or heat pump, and an indoor unit, a furnace. Furnaces heat and circulate warm air in the winter. They also take cool air from the outdoor unit and circulate it through your home in summer. The indoor and outdoor units are designed to work together. When the furnace is properly matched with a heat pump or air conditioner, you enjoy maximum efficiency and extended system life. Furnace heating ability is measured with an Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) percentage. A higher AFUE percentage indicates a more efficient furnace.
The basic components of a furnace system are:
- A Burner, where gas (natural or propane) or oil is delivered and burned
- A Heat Exchanger, where the heat from the burning gas is transferred to the air distribution system
- Ductwork to transfer the heated air throughout the home
- A Flue or Vent Pipe, to exhaust byproducts of combustion (such as water vapor and carbon dioxide) outside
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| Air Handlers |
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A traditional home comfort system has two parts: an outdoor unit, such as an air conditioner or heat pump, and an indoor unit. The air handler is the indoor unit that circulates cool air through your home in the summer and warm air in the winter. The indoor and outdoor units are designed to work together. Air handlers supply conditioned air evenly throughout your home, when used in place of a furnace, with either an air conditioning or heat pump system. |
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