Blog Entries

Supporting Movember

jon@ampleair.com.au — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Ample Air Supports the Movember Foundation. The money raised by Movember [...]

TOP JOB FOR TOP AIR CONDITIONING TECH

jon@ampleair.com.au — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Due to the expansion of our company Ample Air has an opening for a new member to join our team. If you're the person we're looking for you will be a friendly person with a can-do attitude, as well a highly experienced leader within the top 10% of your trade. You will need solid technical skills in residential and light commercial air conditioning as well as relevant trade qualifications and current driver's licence. A Generous salary package will be negotia [...]

Southeastern Australia welcomes warmest day in months

jon@ampleair.com.au — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Tom Saunders, Friday September 12, 2008 - 17:50 EST

Spring has finally arrived across southeastern Australia with most regions receiving their warmest weather since the middle of autumn.

After a cold start to September, temperatures on Friday climbed more than eight degrees above average through parts of Victoria, NSW and SA, nudging 35 degrees over the interior.

Melbourne reached a pleasant 25 degrees, their warmest day since April. Most of Sydney also enjoyed their war [...]

One door closes, another opens to a healthier planet

jon@ampleair.com.au — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Emma Young
Sydney Morning Herald - August 1, 2008

Lee Kuan Yew hailed it as one of man's greatest inventions, Boris Yeltsin claimed it gave him a cold and used it as an excuse to get out of work. Public Enemy sang about it, at least metaphorically, Jimmy Carter donned a cardigan and had words with the nation about turning it down and Bill Clinton increased its energy-efficiency standards months before leaving office.

The common the [...]

Air Conditioning Minimum Energy Performance Standard

jon@ampleair.com.au — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0100

From the 1st of October 2001, three phase ducted and non ducted air conditioners of the vapour compression type with a cooling capacity of up to 65kW manufactured in or imported into Australia and New Zealand, had to comply with the Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS) requirements. These requirements are set out in Australian and New Zealand Standard 3823.2-2001. Since then MEPS levels have progressively increased and from the 1st of October 2007, increased MEPS levels wil [...]

Carrier Introduces Internet-Accessible Thermostats (USA)

jon@ampleair.com.au — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Carrier Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is providing internet-accessible thermostats to a pilot program for Connecticut Light and Power Company customers this summer. The program ? which begins later this month among 50 selected households in CL&P's Farmington Valley and Stamford service areas and runs through October 1 ? will allow CL&P customers to help reduce power demands during peak emergencies, while also helping them lower their mo [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympics: Major Venue Carrier Equipment

jon@ampleair.com.au — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Harmony in Action

Chinese architectural and public spaces are designed to create harmonies between human beings and nature, heaven and earth, the perfect shapes of circle and square. Just as each athlete strives to deliver the best performance in his or her event, each facility designed for sporting events-such as the earth-square "Water Cube" National Swimming Center and the heaven-round "Bird's Nest" National Stadium-embodies Chinese precept [...]

Carrier Corp. Secures Nearly 70 Percent of HVAC Contracts for Beijing Games

jon@ampleair.com.au — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0100

BEIJING, Aug. 13, 2008

Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), achieved another milestone in its connection to the 2008 Beijing Games, securing nearly 70 percent of all heating, ventilating and air-conditioning contracts for the venues. Carrier supplied a full line of integrated systems to the Summer Games facilities, ranging from AquaSnap® air-cooled chillers with Puron® refrigerant to large centrifugal chillers to air-handling units, fan coil units and [...]

ECP (Australia) Pty Ltd � Administrators appointed 16 July 2008

jon@ampleair.com.au — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Ample Air Pty Ltd have been advised by 'Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu' of Melbourne that they were appointed as administrators for ECP (Australia) Pty Ltd on 16th July 2008 to urgently asses the financial position of the company.

ECP Australia is the manufacturer of 'Airwell' refrigerated air conditioning products.

Therefor until we are advised to the contrary by the administrators Ample Air is not able to carry out any manufactures warranty on behalf of Airwell.< [...]

Carrier Corporate: 100 Years of Innovation

jon@ampleair.com.au — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0100

What's Up, Down Under

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September 16, 2002

Syracuse, N.Y. -- One of the Southern Hemisphere's most impressive attractions to both residents and visitors is its tallest building, Sydney Tower, Australia. The tower serves as a focal point for Centrepoint, an 11-story shopping and office complex and the retail center of Sydney. The Sydney Tow [...]

Winter Maintenance Special - Exclusive Ample 40 Point Maintenance

jon@ampleair.com.au — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Ample Air Offers our exclusive 'Ample 40 Point Maintenance' to ensure your system runs trouble free and at its best year round.

Unlike others that charge to take a 'quick look' over your system, our exclusive Ample 40 Point Maintenance is a hands on, in depth maintenance, that can be seen as the equivalent to a Major Service on a car. Like having all the fluids replaced, we replace your filters, we clean the outdoor coil, the drains are flushed with a Specia [...]

Brivis High Efficiency Ducted Gas Heating Special Just Got Hotter!

jon@ampleair.com.au — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0100

With winter definitely upon us, the time is right for a super deal on our complete range of MPS heaters. Purchase and install a Brivis MPS HE or ME Ducted Gas Furnace between 7th July (Monday) and 31st July (Thursday) 2008 and save over $500!

Brivis Ducted Gas Heating Customers receive 2-Year Extended Warranty & Networker Controller for each MPS Heater.

Carrier Air Conditioning & the Beijing Olympics 2008

jon@ampleair.com.au — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Carrier Air Conditioning has been awarded nearly 70% of the total HVAC contracts for 2008 Beijing Olympic venues and related facilities, including airconditioing some of the most important venues such as the ‘Bird's Nest' National Stadium, ‘Water Cube' National Swimming Centre, Wu Ke Song Basketball Hall and the Beijing Olympic Village.

Carrier Air Conditioning - 'World's first, World's finest'

High Efficiency Ducted Gas Heating Special

jon@ampleair.com.au — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Order a selected Brivis High Efficiency HE ducted gas heater for the price of the equivalent Brivis Mid Efficiency ME ducted gas heater.The HOTTEST deal on Australia's HIGHEST efficiency gas ducted heater won't last long. Don't miss this opportunity to SAVE up to $399.

PLUS - EXTENDED [...]

Climate change adds greater importance to air conditioning systems

jon@ampleair.com.au — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Heat is on air-conditioning

The Sydney Morning Herald
May 6, 2008

As our summers get warmer, the race is on to design more efficient buildings and cooling systems, writes Helen Meredith.

Air-conditioners in office buildings could collapse under increased heat loads as climate change takes hold and temperatures rise, according to a study carried out at Queensland University of Technology's School of Engineering Systems.

Lisa Guan says her computer model of indoor the [...]

Air Conditioning Efficiency

jon@ampleair.com.au — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Energy Efficient and Superior Design

Carrier reverse cycle ducted air conditioning is up to three times more energy efficient than conventional electric heating. So not only will you have year round comfort, but it's cost effective too.

Carrier's advanced computer design technology ensures each system component is perfectly matched for optimum performance and energy efficiency.

Air Conditioning & Heating Operating Instructions

jon@ampleair.com.au — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Every week we have a number of people call our office asking how to operate a split system, ducted air conditioning or central gas heater. Our technicians visit site on service calls only to find the problem is the end user doesn't know how to run their air conditioner or heating system.

To save the user valuable time, and in many cases money, we have developed the information section of our website : http://www.ampleair.com.au/air-conditioning/Information/

We have c [...]

Finding a reliable Air Conditioning Company - ACDA

jon@ampleair.com.au — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Many of us know how hard it is to find a good tradesmen, with Air Conditioning you still can find unreliable companies, and when investing thousands of dollars in a system you want to be certain you have made the right choice!

Ample Air are a member os the Air Conditioning Dealer Association, ACDA. The ACDA consists of specialist contractors committed to providing air conditioning systems to suit the needs of their clients in a professional, courteous manner that makes them leaders in t [...]

Daikin Rectification Program

jon@ampleair.com.au — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0100

The Problem

Daikin has discovered that there is the potential for the circuit board in the outdoor unit of the above model numbers to overheat. This overheating could produce smoke and possibly distort the cover around the unit. The overheating is a rare occurrence, with just six cases reported among approximately 24,000 units, but our first priority is the safety of our customers. In our customers' best interests, we have initiated a safety related rectification work programme to p [...]