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Household appliances

Any device found in the home designed for a specific function, especially electric devices such as toasters or refrigerators.

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ventilator

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A ventilator captures heating or cooling energy from stale indoor air and transfers it to fresh incoming air.

water cooled system

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A type of air conditioning system that uses freon as a refrigerant and water as a condensing medium. Typically, the water-cooled condenser is located inside the air conditioner ...

water source

Household appliances; Air conditioners

Water is being used as the heat source or heat sink for a heat pump. Sources of underground water are wells and sources of surface water are lakes, large ponds, and rivers.

watt

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A unit of power that equals one joule per second. Named after James Watt.

year-round

Household appliances; Air conditioners

Air Conditioner which uses gas or oil for heating.

zone system

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A method of dividing a home into zones and enabling you to control the amount of comfort provided to each.

zoning

Household appliances; Air conditioners

The practice of providing independent heating and/or cooling to different areas in a structure. Zoning typically utilizes a system controller, zoning dampers controlled by a ...