Qld: Cool it when buying an airconditioner

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2005
Qld: Cool it when buying an airconditioner

Queensland Fair Trading Minister MARGARET KEECH is warning consumers to do their homework
this summer .. before buying an air-conditioner.

The Office of Fair Trading's received 31 complaints about air-conditioning units in
the past six months .. with the problems mostly to do with poor research and poor installation
rather than quality of the units.

Mrs KEECH says buying an air-conditioner and expecting it do what you want is a lot
more challenging than people expect.





She says consumers may be buying units that are too small for the number of rooms they
want cooled.

Insulation .. layout of the building and noise are other issues consumers need to consider
before making a purchase.

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