Amana S-Series Air Conditioner / Heat Pump

After years of testing and refinement, Amana has their S-Series Air Conditioner & Heat Pumps available! They took the quiet compressor for a mini split system, and adapted it into a new communicating central air conditioning and heating system.

Next Generation A/C Technology

The Amana S-Series is a smart, communicating system. This means all parts of your Heating & Cooling system are working together and communicating what they are doing. This allows your equipment to do more advanced things, and allow your thermostat to give you more information than you have ever seen. Combine this with an inverter compressor, and you have outstanding efficiencies and quiet operation like you have NEVER SEEN in a central air conditioner or heat pump.

Slim Design

Traditional air conditioning units started off relatively small from the 1960s as efficiency was not a primary goal behind their design. As time went on, engineers learned how to get even more cooling with less electricity. Traditional designs became bigger for more surface area to absorb and dissipate heat energy. While the invention of micro-channel coils helped shrink sizing of units, the real amazing innovations were coming from mini-split manufacturers.

Amana has been working on building a refined unit, that is up to 4x smaller of a footprint than their high efficiency traditional air conditioner.

 

Smart Communication

One thing that has plagued our industry is how companies stick to standards from decades ago. The truth is, without communication you are not going to get to ultra efficient ratings. Amana took the time to develop a communicating system that has great promise and will be a great asset on all upcoming models, starting with the S-Series.

With a communicating system, your air conditioner now talks to your indoor coil and to your furnace, all coordinated by your Amana smart thermostat. They all can communicate two ways to do new things you couldn't do with traditional wiring, like running your furnace while the heat pump defrosts. The required thermostat allows you to remotely control your equipment, get alerts, and see more than you ever could with your old battery thermostat.

Note: Being locked down to their thermostat is one of the down-sides of communicating systems. You are required to use the manufacturer's thermostat. The Amana thermostat comes with a 10 year Parts & Labor warranty, so you should have nothing to worry about. We understand a lot of customers already have picked out a WiFi thermostat that they like and want to keep, but unfortunately that is not an option at this time.

Sound? What Sound?

This is what makes us so excited to be offering the S-Series here at The Good Guys Heating & Cooling... The quiet operation is really amazing! We all know that traditional air conditioner starting up sound (loud buzzing sound that fades out in 5 seconds), as well as the old air conditioner dimming all the lights as the fan and compressor starts spinning. The S-Series is inverter driven which means your system will start off slow and wind up to the speed required. The idea with the S-Series is to run as long as possible while maintaining temperature. This means you get even more dehumidification and more comfortable air.

With this unit being quieter that means putting it on a deck or right outside a window is less of a worry. Not only will it take less space, it's also much quieter as low as 53db(A). That's the volume of a household refrigerator! Typical air conditioners average around 75db(A).

Savings you'll love!

Who doesn't love to save money?! The S-Series is designed with an outstanding efficiency rating of around 17 SEER2. By utilizing an inverter powered compressor, you no longer just have an on and off system. You have an Air Conditioner that is adjusting its speed to exactly what your space needs. By dialing everything in you are hitting efficiencies that used to cost much more with the older models. Comparible models can be $9-12k for Inverter and 18+ SEER rating, and you can get yours starting in the $7k range.

Dehumidification!

The S-Series is designed to run all the time, most of the time in a low speed unless it needs to ramp up. This means you have extended time to dehumidify your home. Dan Christensen, one of our owners, put an S-Series unit it in, and his home was down to 37% on the first floor for humidity in the middle of a 80F and a high dew point, and the basement is at 48% without any additional dehumidifier. Prior to this he had to have an Aprilaire Whole Home Humidifier running a good portion of the time. He is incredibly happy with his Air Conditioner and how amazing it is at pulling humidity from this house.

We have them in our homes!

Six different employees (including owners, and sales team) have S-Series in their house. We absolutely love the system and how it operates. All who have it installed have made comments about how quiet it is, and how great it is at removing humidity from the house.

Heat Pump Option!

If you're looking to heat your home in milder weather, the S-Series is available as a heat pump for an additional cost. A heat pump is an Air Conditioner that can reverse, and put the heat energy into your home when you want to heat. This modern design allows you to get reliable heat down to a reasonably low temperature. We strongly recommend a backup source of heat like Natural Gas (if available) or Liquid Propane as repairing heat pumps in the winter is not always possible.