Al’s Plumbing, Heating & A/C in Plano, Texas provides maintenance & repairs for all brands of Central A/C, Gas & Electric Furnace, and Heat Pumps. Additionally, we sell and install new HVAC Systems from American Standard (same company as Trane), Ameristar (same company as American Standard) and Coleman HVAC (same company as York HVAC).
Al’s also provides full-service plumbing; maintenance, repairs and replacements for every plumbing component in your home. Al’s sells and installs Rheem Professional Series gas & electric water heaters, and tankless water heaters. Al’s is near your home in Plano, TX; Allen, TX; and Frisco, TX. We service all homes in southern Collin County, TX, and Denton County, TX with no travel charges.
Call Al’s today to discuss any concerns or problems you have with your HVAC System or Plumbing. We will arrange an appointment at your convenience.
** https://www.seemore.solar/home/solar-air-conditioning/
Solar Assisted A/C — A New Technology Requires Only One Rooftop Solar-Collector
ThermX™ — 1 Thermal (heat only) Solar-Panel — Coupled With Their Emperor (model) Variable-Speed A/C System
ThermX™ Residential Cooling & Heating System Consists Of:
- 1 Outdoor unit — Heat pump for cooling & heating.
- Up to 5 separate indoor cooling-units — one installed in each room.
- The indoor units can be wall-mounted — or built into the ceiling.
- 1 ThermX™ (6-Foot X 6-Foot) Thermal (heat only) Solar-Panel is needed — instead of 20 or more PV Solar Panels (that convert solar into electricity).
- Up to 64% more efficient than an older SEER-10 A/C.
- Heat Pump cooling operates between 50–118 degrees outdoor temperature.
- Heat Pump heating operates down to -4 degrees outdoor temperature.
- This system can also provide hot water.
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The Solar-Panel Can Be Added To Some Existing A/C Systems.
Copy The Link Below Into Your Internet-Browser To See A ThermX™ Brochure:
http://thomasedisonsolar.com/wp-content/uploads/SolXenergy_Emperor_Series.pdf
Copy The Link Below Into Your Internet-Browser To See The ThermX™ Solar-Panel Mounted On A Roof:
https://www.seemore.solar/home/solar-air-conditioning/
Copy The Link Below Into Your Internet-Browser To See Therm-X A/C Equipment:
https://www.solxenergy.com/index.php/products
ThermX™ is located in Cape Coral, FL.
info.us@solxenergy.com | www.solxenergy.com
The Outdoor Unit Compressor’s Two Jobs Are: Raise The Refrigerant’s Temperature & Pressure.
- The compressor raises the refrigerant’s temperature. When the refrigerant leaves the outdoor unit’s compressor — it is a hot vapor at 120° to 140°F. This is to ensure that outdoor air will always be cooler. The outdoor air must be cooler for the heat within the refrigerant to be released into the outdoor air.
- The compressor raises the refrigerant’s pressure. This causes the refrigerant to flow into the home (where refrigerant is at a lower pressure). Then heat (from inside the home) is transferred into the refrigerant while it flows through the indoor cooling-coil (inside the furnace or ductwork and can’t be seen without removing a panel.
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SHOWN: A/C Outdoor (Condenser) Unit
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SHOWN: A/C Indoor Cooling-Coil (Evaporator) — located on the right side of the furnace (in this photo).
ThermX™ Adds A Heat-Exchanger Between The Outdoor Unit’s Compressor And Its Condenser Coil.
The ThermX™ Heat-Exchanger adds free heat (from the sun) — to the refrigerant. The Heat-Exchanger uses heat (from the solar-panel) to heat the refrigerant. The more heat provided by the solan-panel — the less the compressor has to run to heat the refrigerant.
The majority of the compressor’s job is to heat the refrigerant. This System dramatically reduces how hard the compressor must work. Adding heat allows the compressor to work less — and use less electricity. In hot enough outdoor temperatures — the compressor may function mostly as refrigerant-pump — because most or all needed heat is coming from the solar-panel.
During winter (with the Heat-Pump in heating mode) — some heat comes from the solar panel. The more the sun shines — the less heat the Heat Pump’s compressor must add. The ThermX™ system also has a Solar Bypass-Valve — to bypass the solar panel (when heat-pump is in heating mode) — when it’s dark outside.
** Source: https://c03.apogee.net/mvc/home/hes/land/el?utilityname=peco2&layout=IFrame&spc=hel&id=1804
1 ThermX™ (6-Foot X 6-Foot) Solar-Panel can be mounted onto a variety of roof surfaces. The panel can also be ground or pole-mounted — to ensure it’s in direct sunlight. The ThermX™ solar-panel adds heat — which otherwise must be generated by the A/C’s outdoor unit’s compressor. 80% of the electricity is consumed by the compressor. **
The solar-panel accelerates the heat-transfer as the refrigerant turns into a liquid (after going through the outdoor unit’s (condenser) coil, and into the home. This increases the speed of refrigerant-flow. As a result, the cooling ability of the indoor cooling-coil *** (evaporator coil) is increased.
To reproduce the same average electricity savings with a traditional A/C + Solar PV panels (PV panels convert solar into electricity) — it would take 20+ PV Solar Panels to equal 1 ThermX™ thermal-heat (heat only) solar-panel. **
Today’s two-stage and variable-speed central A/C outdoor unit’s match their cooling-output closely to the home’s current cooling needs. With the heat provided by the solar-panel — the variable-speed A/C slows down. A two-stage A/C unit can run at its lower stage (lower cooling output). At a lower speed or stage — the A/C outdoor unit uses less electricity. Note: 80% of the electricity is consumed by the compressor. **
** Source: http://www.coolxenergy.com/how-it-works/thermx/
*** NOTE: The indoor cooling-coil (evaporator) is located inside the furnace or ductwork — and can’t be seen without removing a panel.
NOTE: Al’s Plumbing, Heating & A/C Does Not Sell Or Install ThermX™ products.
Ductless A/C System Components
There aren’t many components to ductless HVAC Systems. There is an outdoor unit — plus an indoor cooling-unit in each room (with its own thermostat). The indoor units can be mounted on the wall or recessed into the ceiling. The outdoor unit is connected to each indoor unit with a refrigerant line — there is no ductwork.
Ductless HVAC allows the owner to choose the temperature for each room. The cooling & heating can also be left off in selected rooms. Unlike a ducted HVAC System — closing off rooms has no effect on a ductless system.
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Shown: Ductless A/C Outdoor Unit (can also sit on the ground)
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SHOWN: Indoor Cooling Unit — Wall Mount
NOTE: An different style indoor cooling-unit (ceiling cassette) — can be recessed into the ceiling. It’s shown in upper-left corner of photo just below.
SHown: The ceiling cassette is shown in upper-left corner of photo above.
Copy this link into your browser to see a ceiling cassette installed in a ceiling: https://www.missionac.com/2017/07/18/cassette-mini-split/
Al’s Plumbing, Heating & A/C in Plano, Texas provides maintenance & repairs for all brands of Central A/C, Gas & Electric Furnace, and Heat Pumps. Additionally, we sell and install new HVAC Systems from American Standard (same company as Trane), Ameristar (same company as American Standard) and Coleman HVAC (same company as York HVAC).
Al’s also provides full-service plumbing maintenance, repairs and replacements for every plumbing component in your home. Al’s sells and installs Rheem Professional Series gas & electric water heaters, and tankless water heaters. Al’s is near your home in Plano, TX; Allen, TX; and Frisco, TX. We service all homes in southern Collin County, TX, and Denton County, TX with no travel charges.
Call Al’s today to discuss any concerns or problems you have with your HVAC System or Plumbing. We will arrange an appointment at your convenience.