Toshiba Carrier Corporation (TCC) announced that its Toshiba NEXT AIR V5 Series, new models of its residential ducted AC systems, will be released in April in Japan.
The new models fully comply with the amendments to Japan’s Act on Rational Use and Appropriate Management of Fluorocarbons, the country’s new environmental standards. They can be retrofitted to the systems of the V1 series launched in 1997, which would not require large-scale replacement work with the use of the existing pipes and ducts.
Key features of new models, include:
- Common external dimension between conventional and existing models of indoor units for easy retrofitting.
- Connection port design and nominal diameter that allow to retrofit existing ducts and refrigerant pipes.
- No large-scale reform work necessary for updating the air conditioning system to new generation; only the replacement of equipment is required.
- Replacement work takes about one day.
- New models adopt low-GWP refrigerant R32.
