I-air conditioning-proof air conditioning iyinhlobonhlobo ehlukile yezinhlelo zokupholisa umoya, nama-compressor nezinye izakhi eziphathwe ngokukhethekile ukuvikela ukuqhuma. Nakuba ifana nama-air conditioner avamile ngokubukeka nokusetshenziswa, isetshenziswa ngokuyinhloko ezindaweni eziguquguqukayo njengamafutha, amakhemikhali, ezempi, kanye nemikhakha yokugcina uwoyela.
Lawa ma-air conditioner atholakala ngezinhlobo ezine ezenzelwe izidingo ezahlukene zemvelo: izinga lokushisa eliphezulu, izinga lokushisa eliphansi, izinga lokushisa eliphakeme kakhulu, kanye nezinga lokushisa eliphansi kakhulu.