Converting air conditioner ducted to ductless
I bought an Atwood non-ducted ceiling-mounted air conditioner, assuming the current AC was non-ducted - but maybe it was ducted, because when I removed the old one, there were ducts on either side abo...
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LanceRKeys wrote:
Do you have a thermostat? If so where is it?
Craig95005 wrote:
I bought the ceiling assembly specific for that AC. The original AC was controlled by a thermostat unit on the wall, but this one has a control board on the underside of the assembly, and a remote.
The top unit is the same, regardless of whether it's installed as a ducted system or whether installed as a direct blow, what you're calling "ductless". The difference is a ducted system will have just a ceiling grill and a thermostat installed on wall in the trailer while a direct blow will have a ceiling ADB (air distribution box) that has all the controls and thermostat built into it. Usually one would purchase the top unit separately so the question is - why would you have purchased a direct blow ADB along with the top unit when the original installation was ductless? :h You haven't said why you replaced the A/C but if the answer is because the top unit had failed why would you simply have purchased another top unit rather the replace everything? Older, non-current model, or you wanted different features, or what ....? :@
Certainly you can install these 2 pieces as a direct blow system but your existing wall thermostat would then not control the A/C nor would any of the cold air be distributed by the existing ducting. You'd likely also perceive the direct blow installation to be noisier than a ducted system simply because all the noise is concentrated in one area where the A/C is running.
