Do zoning systems shorten the A/C lifespan?
Short answer: I don’t give a damn (–vt). Long answer, from personal standpoint: you know, if my house feels like hell, I don’t really care if my A/C works for 30 years or 25, or 15, or even 10. I am not going to suffer just because there is a theoretical, no, cancel that, an alleged possibility that what I do is going to shorten the A/C life. Long answer, from technical standpoint: not necessarily. Properly designed and implemented zoning system should not cause the A/C unit to run outside of design specifications. If the statement about shortening the A/C life was even remotely true, the zoning systems manufacturers would have been out of business by now, buried under the pile of lawsuits filed against them by unhappy customers whose A/C units had died prematurely. Very long answer, from technical standpoint: following is a list of factors that influence the lifespan of the HVAC unit, and a brief explanation of the way DZ handles them: • Most critical: compressor lifespan will be dra
