ST. LOUIS - In its fifth installment of the GetSEERiousâ„¢ series of 13 SEER market surveys, Emerson Climate Technologies reports that a vast majority of the leftover 10 SEER inventory has been depleted. According to survey participants, 77 percent of the stockpiled 10 SEER units are currently being used. It also predicts that 97 percent of the 10 SEER inventory will be exhausted by the end of 2006.
According to an earlier report from the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), "Manufacturers were clearing out the remaining 10 SEER units to make room for the new, more efficient models," as far back as the end of last year. The institute indicated that the end of 10 SEER production and the need to install new systems in hurricane-damaged areas, have contributed to the movement of lower-efficiency systems into the market.