Carrier's 38TSA delivers outstanding cooling comfort with a clear conscience now and well into the future. Back in 1902, when Willis Carrier invented air conditioning, controlling your indoor weather meant simply maintaining a comfortable temperature inside. Now, it's complicated. Energy efficiency, reliability, environmental impact, quietness of operation and future service costs are important considerations. As homeowner needs and government regulations have changed, Carrier has been at the forefront of the industry. By continuously providing innovative products that meet or exceed consumer expectations and by operating within the growing list of regulatory requirements, Carrier has become the world's most trusted source for superior indoor weather.

Enjoy cool, summer comfort and electrical savings while helping preserve the earth's ozone layer. Puron® refrigerant is a more energy efficient refrigerant than Freon®-22*, and with the 38TSA, that means efficiency ratings up to 15.5 SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio). This air conditioner easily surpasses the efficiency of a typical, older air conditioner you may be replacing as well as many new models. That means you can enjoy cool, comfortable summers while saving money on your electric bill. At the same time, the 38TSA does its part to eliminate depletion of the ozone layer through the use of Puron refrigerant. That will become more and more important in the future since the refrigerant used in most current cooling systems, Freon®-22, is in the process of being phased out by the federal government.

Carrier has been at the forefront in the effort to develop products that use Puron refrigerant, giving us clear advantages in reliability, performance and future cost of service issues. Carrier was the first company to offer a long-term replacement for Freon®-22 as far back as 1994. That experience, coupled with our existing knowledge of indoor weather technology has allowed us to develop a new air conditioner family that is Carrier's most reliable and quietest operating product line currently available. Designed, built and backed by the most respected name in the comfort industry, the 38TSA air conditioner delivers custom made indoor weather for the future.

At Carrier, we understand that it's hard to relax with a noisy air conditioner, so we take several steps to ensure the 38TSA is the industry's quietest air conditioner. Carrier's exclusive Silencer System ensures extra-quiet cooling. The Silencer System includes four main elements: the Silencer System top, a low-speed fan motor with large-diameter fan blades, a compressor vibration isolator plate and a sound hood. The Silencer System top is designed to allow smooth, easy airflow into and out of the outdoor unit to minimize noise associated with turbulent air. This new top design allows us to utilize the low-speed fan motor with large-diameter fan blades, which is quieter and more energy efficient than a high-speed model. The compressor vibration isolator plate is made of a special, vibration absorbing material surrounded by two metal plates. It's mounted underneath the compressor and absorbs vibrational noise created through compressor operation. The sound hood is designed of sound-absorbing materials which blanket the compressor to add a final touch to the noise reduction system.

A byproduct of this Silencer System is greater operational efficiency. Because the Silencer System greatly improves airflow through the outdoor coil section, your air conditioning system doesn't work as hard as other competitive systems. As a result, the 38TSA delivers soothing indoor weather with money-saving energy efficiency. And, because the system is more efficient, the coil can be made smaller to take up less of your valuable garden space.

Carrier maintains the industry's toughest reliability testing standards to be sure that every product we make will provide trusted indoor weather performance. Every step of the development process has reliability testing built in. In fact, Carrier designs and tests the 38TSA for applications up to 125°. That's a full 10° higher than the industry standard requirements. During the design phase, hand-built prototypes are tested for potential performance issues. Test stations on the production line provide quality control during assembly. Then, each product is run-tested by a bank of computers that monitors all vital functions to ensure the performance will meet your expectations.

As the first manufacturer to offer products with Puron® refrigerant, Carrier not only delivers excellent performance but we back the reliability of these products with a 10-year warranty. We have been designing, installing and servicing products with Puron refrigerant since 1996. That means your local Carrier dealer, the Indoor Weather Expert, is years ahead of the competition when it comes to working with these innovative products. In addition, Carrier has certified more than twenty thousand service technicians nationwide to be your Puron refrigerant experts.

Carrier's WeatherArmor^TM III protection package keeps the 38TSA looking and operating at its best for years to come. Throughout this long history, we have improved our designs and materials to ensure that they stand up to the abuse of the great outdoors while delivering lasting, reliable indoor weather. Our WeatherArmor^TM III system combines three design elements that protect your comfort. First, a galvanized steel cabinet protects the outdoor unit from inclement weather and scratches. A heavy-duty, 12-gauge wire grid prevents coil damage from harsh weather, lawn tools and sporting equipment and ceramic-coated screws provide extra protection from rust, corrosion and the abuse that comes from continuous exposure to the outdoors.

By combining our knowledge of indoor weather technology with new innovations and designs, Carrier remains at the forefront of the indoor weather industry.  According to the Clean Air Act of 1990, Freon®-22* and other harmful refrigerants will be phased out of use and homeowners will soon have to turn to Puron® refrigerant to maintain their indoor comfort. That's why Carrier has been designing and testing heating and cooling equipment that uses Puron, the refrigerant approved by the EPA to replace Freon®-22. In fact, Carrier has been offering Puron-based systems like the 38TSA since 1996, developing a complete line of products using the world's first, long-term solution to ozone depletion. Environmentally sound, economically sound and extremely reliable, Carrier's 38TSA air conditioner with Puron refrigerant provides the comfort you expect from an industry leader like Carrier.

The 38TSA allows homeowners to avoid the potentially sky-rocketing costs for servicing units with Freon^®-22. In the past, when a refrigerant has been phased out, the costs of servicing products using that refrigerant have risen dramatically. It happened in the automobile industry with Freon^®-12, and it could easily happen with Freon^®-22. By choosing the 38TSA with Puron refrigerant, you begin saving money right away and avoid the potentially higher service costs later.

Carrier products have always delivered excellent reliability, and these new products with Puron^® refrigerant improve on that record. In fact, our Puron-based air conditioners have gained recognition nationwide for dependable operation.

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