Wall mounted split system
- Lowest install cost
- Room by room control
- Heats and cools
- Fast to fit
How it works
An indoor head paired with an outdoor condenser.
A wall split is two boxes: an indoor head high on the wall and an outdoor condenser outside, joined by insulated copper pipe and a cable. Refrigerant carries heat from the room to the outdoor unit in summer, and from the outside air into the room in winter. A fan in the head pushes air across a cold coil and out through the louvre at you.
It is the workhorse of Perth air conditioning: quiet, efficient, quick to install and by far the cheapest way to make a room genuinely liveable through summer. Most homes in the metro area have at least one.
Multi-split
Where you want several rooms done and cannot have several outdoor units, a multi-split runs two to five indoor heads off one condenser. It costs more than a single split, less than ducted, and it is the answer for a lot of apartments, townhouses and strata units.
Straight up
What it does well, and where it falls down
For
- The lowest install cost of any system
- Room-by-room control, each with its own remote
- Heats and cools
- Quick to install, often in a few hours
- Efficient when sized to the room
Against
- One room per head, so a whole house needs several
- The indoor unit is on the wall, and the outdoor unit needs a spot
- Filters need cleaning monthly through summer
- Over-sizing leaves the room cold and clammy
The Perth homes it suits
- Bedrooms, living rooms and home offices
- Apartments, units and rentals
- Granny flats, studios and extensions
- Small shops, consulting rooms and offices
- Any home adding one room at a time
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