Advantage Air's Gen III is the individual room temperature control system designed and fitted specifically for your house. There are a few things that you need to keep in mind when using your new air con system to maintain optimum performance and integrity of your warranty, which we will list below.
The Return Air grille is where your system draws the air back into the fan coil to re-condition the air, and pass it out your outlets. Your air con will naturally create a circular airflow out of your outlets, back towards the return air grille and circulate it back around the house through the ductwork.
The Return Air filter needs to be cleaned regularly. To do so, you must find the small pins at one of the long ends, and pull them away from the framework. The face will then hinge on the opposite end, allowing you to access the filter and slide it in and out of its housing behind the grille.
Every 3-6 months you must check this filter, and if required, bang or hose out the filter gently to clean it of the built up dust.
If your Purtech Return Air grille comes with the optional Alarm, you must still check the filter on occasion- the alarm acts as a failsafe only.
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Generally, we request that you keep your doors open at all times whilst you are operating your air conditioning. This is to assist in the circulation of the air, reduce the resistance in the air pressure that is created by putting too much conditioned air into a sealed room and efficiency of the system. As a minimum, we require at least a finger width gap under the door when closed.
If this can't be done, please request an additional return air grill in the sealed room or order an SSRV- a pressure relief vent to release air into your ceiling cavity.
If you have purchased the optional Fresh Air, congratulations! You have enabled a few very clever features of the Gen III system.
In the first example, by setting Fresh Air to cool (in summer), the system will automatically select the most efficient source of air to condition (internal or external to the house) thus reducing the strain and running load on the compressor. This is particularly handy if you come home to a hot house, but a cool afternoon breeze has come in.
Secondly, the Fresh Air can also be used to vent in outside air when you don't want to use the compressor. The fan coil is a very efficient way to circulate outside air through the house, completely filtered by the system. For example, after a hot day but a cool night, the house can be 5-10 degrees warmer than outside. You will also find that the brickwork of your house can retain a lot of heat and continue to keep it warm internally. By leaving the rooms temperature controlled, but changing the Gen III to ‘vent' mode with the fresh air set to ‘outdoor,' you will then bring in outdoor air only until the house reaches temperature. Essentially it's like forcing the night air into your house, and the windows closing automatically once you've reached a comfortable temperature during the night.
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