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Thermofrost Cryo at RAC 2001

Held at the NEC Birmingham from February 27th to March 1st 2001

Our RAC 2001 show proved to be a great success, with considerable interest in the new products that we exhibited for both refrigeration and air conditioning applications.

Air conditioning installers were greatly impressed by the new 2001 range of LG split system cassettes, in 600 x 600 mm, 840 x 840 mm and 'mini' formats. Designed for minimum in-ceiling protrusion, the cassettes also feature a low noise fan which is switchable to give good air distribution when located in high ceilings. Available from April, the new cassettes include as standard LG's built in PLASMA electronic air filtration system, able to deal with smoke, dust, pollen and mites.

The unique Centre Cool loft mounted domestic air conditioning system also attracted a great many favourable comments, as did the LG range of hi-wall, convertible, floor standing and ducted units that were first launched in August 2000.

Brand new and designed to reduce the time needed to select and install a small refrigeration system was the 'Quick Install' packaged system from Technoblock. Similar in many ways to the packaged systems now popular for cellar cooling, a 'Quick Install' package includes an air cooled condensing unit, cooler fitted with expansion valve, drain line and drain line heater, and a control panel with digital display. The condensing unit is fully housed for indoor or outdoor installation.

We have recently been appointed as distributors for the Kuba range of coolers and condensers, and these were also displayed together with the new single fan Maneurop condensing units which are now also avaialble in a Compact housed version.

A last minute addition to the stand was a reduced noise housed condensing unit designed to offer lower noise levels than standard without the expense of some units currently available elsewhere. Based around a Maneurop compressor, these units have been developed for a major retail chain and will soon be available for other customer applications.

The latest Dixell Prime series and Eliwell Compact Digifrost series of electronic refrigeration controllers were also on display, complimented by the new PEGO electronic control panels.

For industrial refrigeration the new R/S auto purger was a big hit, as was the new electronic liquid level probe and the PLLC electronic liquid level controller.

The lucky winner of the Thermofrost Cryo prize draw at the RAC 2001 show was Mr C. Berriman of CBR Refrigeration and Air Conditioning in York. Mr Berriman's name was drawn by Andrew Bailey, Editor of RAC magazine, at random from the entrants who correctly answered the prize draw questions. He wins an LG Electronics DVD 3200E player. The correct answers to the questions were:

Q. What is the name of the electronic filtration system that is built into many LG air conditioners?

A. Plazma

Q. What refrigerant is used in the new "Quick Install" HB refrigeration systems from Technoblock?

A. R404A

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