Central air costs about $5,000 to $12,000 on average. A home equity loan, home equity line of credit or personal loan may be your best solution to finance central air installation. Some or all of ...

Higher SEER rating units will increase the cost to install central air but hotter climates may require a unit with one of the higher SEER ratings to keep energy costs down once the unit's been ...

Seven additional central air brands earned favorable reliability scores. But the data—based on responses from 13,306 members who purchased central AC or ductless mini-split units between 2009 ...

A central air conditioner that’s too small isn’t going to cool your space properly (and could be running constantly), whereas a unit that’s too large costs a lot more when it cycles on and ...

the costs of repairs, and which parts break most often.) Unlike other products Consumer Reports tests, we don’t have performance ratings for central air conditioning systems. It’s not ...