Carrier blends the past, present and future with the 38TPA, an air conditioner that combines old-fashioned value with the refrigerant developed to meet changing environmental demands. It's nothing new, really. Since 1902, Carrier has routinely set the standards for comfort, quality and innovation. Now, as the demand for indoor comfort products grows beyond simple comfort control to include environmental soundness, we continue to provide industry leadership with products like the 38TPA. Governmental and environmental requirements change, but homeowners will always demand comfort, energy efficiency and reliability. Carrier has earned its reputation as the world's most trusted source for superior indoor weather by continuously meeting or exceeding consumer expectations.
Enjoy cool, summer comfort and electrical savings while helping preserve the earth's ozone layer. The 38TPA will keep you cool while achieving an efficiency rating of 11.0 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, this model does its part to help protect the ozone layer through the use of Puron® refrigerant. That will become more and more important in the future as the refrigerant used in most current cooling systems, Freon®-22*, is in the process of being phased out by the federal government.

*Freon is a registered trademark of E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co.

Carrier has been at the forefront of 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 the most reliable and quietest operating Carrier product line currently available. Designed, built and backed by the most respected name in the comfort industry, the 38TPA 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 38TPA is one of the industry's quietest condensing units. Carrier's exclusive Silencer System ensures extra-quiet cooling. This includes four main elements: the Silencer top, a low-speed fan motor with large-diameter fan blades, a compressor vibration isolator plate and a sound hood. The Silencer top is designed to allow smooth, easy airflow into and out of the outdoor unit to minimize noise associated with turbulent air. This design allows us to utilize the low-speed fan motor with large-diameter fan blades for quieter, more energy efficient operation 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 under 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 38TPA 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 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 38TPA for applications up to 125º. That's a full 10º 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.

Our very first product with Puron® has become the most trouble-free model in our entire product offering. And since that time, we have become even more experienced with installing and servicing these products. That means your local Carrier dealer, the Indoor Weather Expert, is ahead of the competition when it comes to working with these innovative products. Through a special factory training program, Carrier has certified thousands of service technicians nationwide to be your Puron refrigerant specialists.

Carrier has been around for nearly a century by offering products designed to take the abuse of the great outdoors and deliver lasting, reliable indoor weather. On the outside, our WeatherArmorTM III system combines a heavy galvanized steel cabinet, 12-gauge wire coil guard and ceramic-coated screws to provide protection against rust, corrosion and the abuse that comes from sitting outside.

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 38TPA 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, the 38TPA air conditioner provides the comfort you expect from an industry leader like Carrier.


The 38TPA allows homeowners to avoid the potentially skyrocketing 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 38TPA 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 first Puron-based air conditioners have gained recognition nationwide for dependable operation.


Carrier has been on the leading edge of the indoor weather industry since Willis Carrier invented what we now know as air conditioning in 1902. Since that time, Carrier scientists, engineers and dealers have been providing homeowners with the most advanced indoor weather technology available. This technological advantage has enabled Carrier to customize indoor weather systems for millions of homeowners nationwide.

Today, you can rely on your local Carrier dealer to evaluate your indoor weather needs and suggest a customized system that best fits those precise requirements. By recommending the appropriate furnace, air conditioner, humidifier, air cleaner, ventilator, zoning system and controls, your Carrier Indoor Weather Expert can deliver enhanced comfort while improving the efficiency of your indoor weather system. Ask your Indoor Weather Expert for a system evaluation today.
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