Aircon upgrade option for new home which is good?Please help mates

LBehappy on 20/03/2018 - 17:05
Last edited 20/03/2018 - 17:40

Hi We are building a 2 storey building and for Aircon (ActronAir)they are offering the following

1) Two Zones ground and first floor. can control two floors separate (Comes in the package)

2) Can make 4 zones which can control 2 rooms or areas together gives 4 control panel and over wifi for $4125

3) Which allows controlling each room or area separate with different temperature which gives control panel every room and over wifi for $7700

They are saying option 3 is good which I can save more on electricity as I can control individually.
Making separate zone really reduce energy consumption and electricity bill?
No idea which is good, Please share your opinion

Thank yo u all

Electrical & Electronics Air Conditioner

Comments

  • dcep on 20/03/2018 - 17:15
    +1

    do you have big family ?
    do you need a/c on all areas ?

    • Behappy on 20/03/2018 - 17:39

      not big just us and 3 kids.They install 2 zones and duct every room on each floor. it's in the package. The options on top of that
      I am thinking, whether making separate controlling save more money on electricity?

  • geek001 on 20/03/2018 - 17:19

    Not enough info. I used to live in a house with ducted air conditioning where I could control which room gets airconditioning. When I only have one room on, the air conditioning was really strong compared to when I have 4 rooms on, so it didn't save much electricity. Not sure if this is the case with your aircon that you are going to install. How much electricity will you save over option 2 and 3?

    It also depends having different temperature in different rooms is important to you.

    • Behappy on 20/03/2018 - 17:44

      Hi mate.. having a different temperature in different rooms is not important to me. The first option 2 zones I don't need to pay anything, comes in the package
      but do you think whether making separate controlling in each room for $7700 save more money on electricity in future?

      • geek001 on 20/03/2018 - 18:14
        +5

        $7700 is a lot of electricity. I pay about $0.21perkWhr at the moment. $7700 will be me 36,666kWhr. If you save, say 2kWhr over 8 hours = 16kWhr a day of aircon per day, you will need to have your aircon on over 2292 days to get that amount back. For me, I probably only use my aircon maybe 2 months in a year, but for you, let's say 6 months in a year, it will take 12.5 years to get back your $7700. :) Food for thought.

  • Stewardo on 20/03/2018 - 18:23
    +3

    I’d choose option 1
    Would be better off putting the 8k towards solar system.

    • Kangal on 20/03/2018 - 18:29

      I'd think he might already have Solar Panels… so shifting that savings to a Lithium PowerWall would probably be the smarter option.

  • Switchblade88 on 20/03/2018 - 18:40

    $7700 for a handful of zone motors and a Raspberry Pi?!?

    Pay ME that, and I could retrofit your option 1 to option 3 for half the price!! Nay, even less!!

    Zones are overrated. We have them, but never really need to switch any bedrooms off. You get a similar function by closing the door and restricting the airflow through that given room. It WON'T really make any difference to your actual electricity costs. Upstairs/downstairs is quite OK.

  • Ryanek on 20/03/2018 - 22:57
    +2

    One thing I regret is not having a smart AC system. Would be great to have one integrated with my home automation.

    • Behappy on 21/03/2018 - 01:08

      But do you think its worth spending $7700 for integration?

  • Quantumcat on 21/03/2018 - 01:44
    +1

    Could you not just close the vents in the rooms you don't want air conditioned, for free? Seems strange to pay so much extra

    • Behappy on 21/03/2018 - 03:26

      Is it possible to close the vent indvidually? didn't know that..
      Do you know usually all the out let got it?
      Thank you very much for the information.
      Will try to find out more

      • Quantumcat on 21/03/2018 - 08:56

        I guess it depends what sort of system you have

  • stirlo on 21/03/2018 - 15:14

    It depends on how much cash you have to burn.

    If building on a new block remember that most house and land packages include no money for landscaping, it might be better to have some grass than another few zones.

  • candobetter on 21/03/2018 - 23:42

    We have double storey house with ActronAir and 3 zones. Having separate zones for downstairs and upstairs is handy, we use it every time. The 3rd zone is always off in our case. Having single big unit for the whole house is nice but risky. If it fails you have no backup. We've spent $1.7k over the last 3 years for repairs and this thing tends to break when it's 40 degrees outside - no fun. I'm thinking of installing a couple of split systems now to have some redundancy…

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