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Echuca, Victoria

Heating and cooling in EchucaHot, dry summers, cold winter mornings, and a river to think about.

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Most Echuca homes need both heating and cooling. Echuca Aerodrome's January mean maximum is 31.0 degrees and its July mean minimum 3.8, so a reverse cycle system that does both is the usual starting point. Echuca is flood prone, and Moama across the river is in NSW, so where the outdoor unit goes and which state's rules apply both need a moment's thought.

What's particular to Echuca

Warm to hot, dry summers

Bureau of Meteorology figures for Echuca Aerodrome give a January mean maximum of 31.0 degrees and 30.7 in February, with January afternoons averaging 29% humidity. The record high is 46.9 (1957 to 2024).

Cool to cold, cloudy winters

July's mean minimum is 3.8 degrees and the aerodrome's record low is -5.5. Winters are quite cloudy.

Climate zone 4

The National Construction Code puts Echuca in climate zone 4, hot dry summer and cool winter, alongside Shepparton, Mildura and Swan Hill.

A flood-prone town

Echuca is flood prone, which matters for where outdoor units and electrical gear sit.

Twin towns, two states

Moama sits on the NSW side of the Murray. At the 2021 Census the two towns together had 22,568 people, and Echuca alone 15,056. In Campaspe Shire, which Echuca is the largest town of, 90.1% of occupied homes were separate houses and 22.0% were rented.

The jobs that make sense in Echuca

With separate houses the norm, most homes have room for a reverse cycle split on a side or back wall, or a roof space for ducted. Reverse cycle covers a hot summer afternoon and a cold winter morning from the one system.

Echuca's dry summer heat also suits evaporative cooling, which CHOICE says works best in hot, dry, low-humidity climates. It only cools, though, and windows need to stay partly open while it runs, so you'd still want heating for winter.

If floodwater has reached your system

Don't switch on an air conditioner, heater or switchboard that has been in floodwater. Leave it off and have a licensed electrician and a technician check it before it runs again. If you can't safely reach the switchboard, stay away from it.

Echuca or Moama: whose rules?

It depends which side of the river the house is on. In Echuca, Victorian rules apply: installing a reverse cycle system is plumbing work needing Building and Plumbing Commission registration and an ARC refrigerant licence, with electrical work by a Registered Electrical Contractor. Victoria's rental heating and cooling standards, and the voluntary VEU program run through accredited private providers, apply on this side only.

In Moama, NSW rules apply. NSW requires a licence or certificate for air conditioning work, and you can check one with Service NSW. Our NSW page and Victoria page cover each state.

Questions for an Echuca installer

  • Where will the outdoor unit go, and can it sit higher if the block floods?
  • Which state's licences do you hold, and how can I check them?
  • How will this system heat the room on a frosty July morning?
  • What's your RTA number? It should be on the quote.

What's yours, and what's the installer's

You can

  • Think about where an outdoor unit could sit higher and clear of low ground.
  • Clean the filters as your manual says, with the power off.
  • Keep leaves and garden debris away from the outdoor unit.

Leave to a licensed installer

  • Mounting the outdoor unit on a bracket or frame.
  • Refrigerant and electrical work.
  • Checking anything that's been in floodwater.

What we'd do

Where we'd start

In most Echuca houses we'd start with a reverse cycle system, sized from a heat load for both the January heat and the July frosts. If our block was in a flood-affected spot, we'd ask the installer to mount the outdoor unit higher on a bracket or frame and say so in the quote. And we'd check the installer is licensed for the side of the river we live on.

Tell us your job and postcode. Licence-checked installers near Echuca who specialise in that work see it, where we have them, and only the one who takes it gets your details. If no one near Echuca takes it within 48 hours, installers elsewhere in Victoria may see it too.

What this work looks like

Photos from real jobs in Melbourne, to show what the work looks like. They aren't from an installer near you.

An evaporative cooler on a new home's roof
An evaporative cooler on a new home's roof. Oct 2023. A job in Melbourne.
Two heat pumps for hydronic heating down the side of a house
Two heat pumps for hydronic heating down the side of a house. A job in Melbourne.
Two split system outdoor units on a roof deck
Two split system outdoor units on a roof deck. Aug 2022. A job in Melbourne.

More job photos

Questions people ask

Do I need heating as well as cooling in Echuca?
Yes. July nights at Echuca Aerodrome average 3.8 degrees and the record low is -5.5, so heating matters as much as cooling.
Is evaporative cooling a good fit in Echuca?
It can be, as January afternoons average 29% humidity. It's cooling only, so plan for heating separately.
Where should the outdoor unit go in a flood-prone area?
Somewhere with air around it and easy access for servicing, and higher off the ground if your block floods. Ask the installer about a wall bracket or a raised frame.
I live in Moama. Do Victorian rules apply?
No. Moama is in NSW, so NSW licence rules apply. Ask the installer for their NSW licence details and check them with Service NSW.

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Read next

  1. 01Reverse cycle air conditioningHow reverse cycle heats and cools, which type suits your home, and what to check for winter.
  2. 02Split system installationWhen a split suits your home, how to size it, and what a good install includes.
  3. 03Evaporative coolingHow evaporative cooling works, where it suits, and what a good install involves.
  4. 04Brackets, pipe covers and condensate pumpsWhen you need a wall bracket, what pipe covers do, and when a condensate pump makes sense.
  5. 05How to check an installer's licenceRun the ARCtick check, read RAC01 and RSS03, and check the state licence too.
  6. 06Heating and cooling in VictoriaVictoria's BPC and electrical rules, the two install certificates, and what 2027 changes for gas and rentals.

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