Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Feb 13, 2014 8:50 pm Hi all, We are in the process of building a house at the moment and we are about to select our zoning for the Actron SRA173. We are going with 3 zones for our double story house, however we need some assistance with the zoning. My understanding is that with Ducted Air Con you need to have 2 zones on at a minimum at any given point in time. I believe this is the case when a zone has less than 3 vents associated with it. Can someone validate this and tell me if one of our zones can simply be the Master Bedroom? If we can in fact do this, is it possible to have this zone on by itself or do 2 zones minimum need to be on? Any advice is appreciated. Re: Ducted Air Conditioning Zoning 2Feb 13, 2014 11:13 pm Hi Mercthunder, I believe that you can run down to one zone. Also is there any reason you are having so few zones as I think you can have more. Ability to run down to one zone is one of the main reasons I went with Actron. Cheers Mark Re: Ducted Air Conditioning Zoning 3Feb 14, 2014 9:59 am Hi Mercthunder, We have 2 storey with Actron 4 zones (2 up,2 down). We can run 1 zone no problems. Zoning with 3 vents, 2 vents, 3 vents & 2 vents The only thing I notice using a single zone is the noise of the air coming out of the vent/s in the zone being used is noticeable, as opposed to when all the zones are on any air movement "noise" is very hard to detect. This seems to be the case regardless of fan speed setting ( low or auto) and regardless of whether at startup or when the temperature setting has been achieved. I hasten to add it is not so noticeable that I want the installers back to check, because the system does work well, and we are not big A/C users at the best of times. But it is something I've noticed, and my wife hasn't....! Anybody know any good and reasonably priced Air conditioning contractors/companies that could install a ducted air conditioning system in the Central Coast NSW for a small… 0 8996 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room… 0 0 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. I think i plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room (mainly for entertainment so not used often),… 0 0 |