Editor's Notebook: Technology Update Commercial Aftermarket Truck Products and Residential Ducted Air Condtioning Systems

NexTraq NexTraq introduces integrated fleet fuel card purchasing with the NexTraq Fleet Tracking solution, enabling customers to gain a comprehensive view of fleet operations, offering a more holistic understanding of fleet fuel costs and inefficiencies.  A partnership with FLEETCOR brought customers the NexTraq Universal Premium Fleet Card MasterCard, enabling businesses to prevent loss through fuel slippage and to identify potential employee misuse.nextraq.com                                circle 156

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American Standard
With up to 25.1 EER, the Platinum XV system offers the comfort of single and two-stage heating and cooling. It works in conjunction with an air handler, or with an indoor furnace to provide comfortable temperatures from two different sources. All geothermal components of the Platinum XV reside outside the home, minimizing the space requirements inside.

The unique cabinet design of the Platinum XV air handler allows less moisture and fewer dust particles to be drawn in from garages, attics, or crawl spaces. americanstandardair.com
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Bosch
Available in 2 to 6 tons, this unit was designed to improve energy efficiency, quiet operation, and serviceability. The Greensource geothermal heat pump has up to 32 EER at PL GLHP. The unit is field configurable, meaning one unit can fit multiple duct configurations. Its closed cell, fiber-free insulation delivers less than 2% air leakage through the cabinet. This not only improves indoor air quality, but also offers a low sound rating of 52 DBa. 

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Broan Broan’s 22-SEER, FT4BI iQ Drive series heat pump offers inverter-driven, rotary technology that modulates the system anywhere between 40 and 118% of capacity. According to company sources, this makes it unique because the system is almost always running, making it energy efficient and quieter than traditional systems that consistently cycle on and off. This way the system is able to use just enough energy to heat or cool a home in addition to providing exceptional humidity control.broanhvac.net        circle 159

Daikin AC
Daikin AC offers a ducted heat pump system for residential and light commercial applications. This product line features inverter technology for increased efficiency and energy savings.  The system has been designed in ½ ton increments with five models starting at 18,000 BTUH up to a nominal 42,000 BTUH and cooling efficiencies from 17 to 20 SEER. The product also features industry leading heating performance that can operate at 100% capacity down to 14F and can continue to operate at 89% or greater capacity at very cold temperatures – down to 0F with heating efficiencies ranging from 8.5 to 12 HSPF. 

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Frigidaire
Frigidaire heating and cooling is releasing two new iQ Drive products that offer energy efficiency through the use of inverter technology. The FT4BG split-system heat pump and R6GI gas pack are ready for winter sales.

The features of the FT4BG split-system heat pump are as follows:
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energy efficiency ratings of 19 SEER and 10 HSPF
• inverter-driven rotary compressor
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available in 2, 3, 4 and 5 ton capacities.

The R6GI gas pack features:
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20 SEER and 81% AFUE, making it the industry’s most cooling-efficient 
gas pack
• inverter-driven rotary compressor
• available in 2, 3, 4 and 5 ton capacities.
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Goodman
The Goodman DSXC16 air conditioner delivers high-performance, environmentally friendly comfort, with an energy-efficient, two-stage Copeland UltraTech scroll compressor backed by a lifetime limited warranty and a 10-year unit replacement limited warranty.
The DSXC16 delivers up to 16 SEER. Acoustic enhancements include a compressor sound-reduction blanket, specially-designed wire discharge grille, and a quiet two-speed condenser fan motor.
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Maytag
Maytag heating and air has launched two new inverter-driven iQ Drive systems: The iQ Drive PSH4BG split-system heat pump and iQ Drive PPG2GI gas pack.
The PSH4BG boasts 19-SEER and 10 HSPF due to the modulating capacities of the inverter-driven rotary compressor. This split-system heat pump is available in 2, 3, 4 and 5-ton capacities.

The PPG2GI gas pack achieves 20-SEER with 81% AFUE. The system is available in 2, 3, 4, and 5-ton capacities.
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NuTone
For homeowners looking for a smart air conditioning system, NuTone is introducing the ES6BF 16 SEER air conditioner. The new system offers 16 SEER performance in a single-stage system.  
This air conditioning unit contains a Copeland Scroll compressor and all-aluminum micro-channel coils. The coils make it lighter in weight and more resistant to corrosion than copper tube-in-fin coils. The system is available in 2, 2.5 and 3 tons.
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Rheem
The Rheem Prestige series 18-SEER condensing unit is the company’s most advanced air conditioning offering to-date. With innovative communicating technology and premium features, this product achieves efficiencies up to 19.5-SEER and 14-EER. It also offers the Comfort Control2 System (CC2S) as a standard feature. Exclusive to Rheem, CC2S allows the unit to be matched with a Rheem CC2S-equipped furnace and a 500 Series thermostat to create a system optimized for energy efficiency.
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Tappan
The Tappan FS4B iQ Drive is rated up to 24.5 SEER for efficiency and as low as 59 decibels for sound. The iQ Drive air conditioner uses inverter-driven rotary technology to modulate its running speed anywhere from 40 to 118% of capacity. It can exactly offset the cooling demands on the home and runs almost constantly at low levels, eliminating traditional on-off cycling to save energy. 

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Tempstar
International Comfort Products, LLC (ICP) introduces the Observer communicating system featuring Tempstar split-system equipment with optimized system performance and maximum strength warranties.



The Observer communicating system features self-configuration installation and text-based diagnostics when the communicating Tempstar split-system equipment is installed with the Observer communicating wall control. It will automatically configure the system for optimized airflows based on factory engineered calculations.
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The XL20i has two compressors: one for milder weather, and a second, larger compressor for extremely hot days. The XL20i includes:
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ComfortLink II communicating 
capability
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Charge Assist for enhanced 
performance and efficiency
• two-row spine fin coil
• two-stage cooling.
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WaterFurnace International, Inc. recently launched the 7 Series, which represents breakthroughs in energy efficiency, integrated technologies, communication capabilities and comfort.

The 7 Series 700A11 is the first variable capacity geothermal unit available for homeowners and the only unit to surpass both 41 energy efficiency ratio (EER) and 5.3 coefficient of performance (COP). This represents efficiencies twice those of traditional air conditioners or heat pumps and 30% greater than current geothermal units, sources say.
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Westinghouse
The new Westinghouse FT4BG split-system heat pump is rated at up to 19 SEER and 10 HSPF. The heat pump system is able to reach these high levels of efficiency because of the use of an inverter-driven rotary compressor. The system is available in 2, 3, 4, and 5 ton capacities.

The new Westinghouse R6GI packaged gas/electric system also reaches high levels of efficiency. It’s rated at 20 SEER and 81% AFUE.
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