As your air-conditioning consultant will have chosen the correct unit size for your home, there will be ample air to be distributed to each room. However, the amount of air flowing to each room may often vary due to different duct lengths and design layouts.
Your installation professional should balance the system using dampers in the ductwork in order to increase or decrease the air flow to each of the outlets until an even distribution of air is achieved in each room. The standard method of air management is either the use of metal or blow-moulded fittings and damper bodies. The conventional damper bodies have a circular internal section called a ‘scoop'. When the ‘scoop' is moved by an external handle, the ‘scoop' rotates more open or closed to increase or decrease the air flow.
However, this damper is limited - once the scoop starts to impact on the airflow it creates a great deal of resistance very quickly, limiting the effectiveness. The scoop is also commonly fastened with a nut which can, over the life of the system, loosen due to air pressure and render the damper useless unless constantly adjusted. What sets the Exact Air apart from the rest is the accuracy of the opposed Blade Dampers, or OBD's. They are a linear balancing method that provides smoother and quieter airflow that distributes air across the duct more evenly. They provide for proportional air control that conventional ‘scoop' type damper blades are no match for. They have 21 different locked positions that will not move over time, and can be used both manually and with any of our market-leading zone control motors.
With Advantage Air products, you can trust that you are getting the highest quality componentry made for domestic applications. Generic parts may save cents up front but cost you more in the long run in inefficiency and breakdown!
