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Integrally controlled motor

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A variable-speed motor that operates at low RPM when possible for efficiency and quiet operation. ICM motors are more than 90% efficient versus 60% efficiency for conventional motors.

Year-round

Household appliances; Air conditioners

Air Conditioner which uses gas or oil for heating.

Zone system

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A method of dividing a home into zones and enabling you to control the amount of comfort provided to each.

Zoning

Household appliances; Air conditioners

The practise of providing independent heating and/or cooling to different areas in a structure. Zoning typically utilises a system controller, zoning dampers controlled by a thermostat in each zone, ...

Supplementary heat

Household appliances; Air conditioners

The auxiliary or emergency heat, usually electrical resistance heat, provided at temperatures below a heat pump's balance point.

Switchover

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A device in a heat pump that reverses the flow of refrigerant as the system is switched from cooling to heating.

Temperature

Household appliances; Air conditioners

The measure of the intensity of heat that a substance possesses.

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