How Your Central Air Conditioner Works

Most of us have no idea how our central air conditioner system works or how much it works during those hot summer months to keep us cool and comfortable. Truth is, without them, places like Texas, Arizona and Nevada would have a population of ten people but because we have these devices at our disposal millions of people are able to live in those states in a relatively comfortable fashion.

So how exactly do they work? Most air conditioning systems can be slit into two parts, each equally as important as the other. They are the 1) condenser and the 2) evaporator.

The condenser is that rectangular box on the outside of your house. Its not more than usually three feet wide and three feet tall and for some reason its usually green or grey. The condenser's main job is to pull air from the outside, cool it via refrigerant and send it to the house via the coolant lines.

Once the cool air gets to the evaporator it is sent through the duct work to your home in order to cool it. As hot air builds in a home its taken out through the duct work and taken back to the evaporator where it is re-cooled on the coolant lines. The whole system is called a "forced-air distribution system" and it works great.

Ah, what would the world be like without A/C? I can tell you one thing, it would be a very muggy place.