Summer聽might seem聽like it’s聽a long time off聽away. But before you聽blink, you’ll be聽switching聽from heating to cooling. Soon enough your air conditioner is聽cooling聽around the clock聽to maintain聽comfortable聽temperatures. It’s聽beneficial聽to聽prepare聽for the聽increased聽usage before temperatures聽really start to climb.
黑料社区聽and our team of Experts can聽help. We’ve聽designed聽our聽all-inclusive聽air conditioning memberships聽to聽increase聽your system’s energy efficiency and聽trustworthiness. Our professional聽knowledge聽goes a long way, but there are聽lots of聽other聽tasks you can do聽to protect your air conditioner. Here are four of the聽best聽ways you can聽Prepare聽for air conditioning season.
1. Clean Your Air Conditioner
Don’t聽fret, you won’t have to聽disassemble聽your system and clean every聽part. Our Experts聽do聽this during your聽annual聽air conditioning maintenance听补辫辫辞颈苍迟尘别苍迟.
But cleaning the聽area聽around your air conditioner will go a long way聽too. We聽recommend:
- Getting rid of聽twigs, leaves and grass clippings from the outside of your air conditioner.
- Keeping聽neighboring聽grass and plants聽cut聽back.
- Maintaining聽at minimum聽1 foot of聽open聽space聽on all sides around your air conditioner.
If your air conditioner’s fins get聽clogged with聽dirt or yard refuse, this can聽influence聽performance and comfort. Your air conditioner will have to聽run more often聽to聽deliver聽the same level of聽cooling. In聽extreme聽cases, it聽might聽stop聽cooling聽altogether and need聽air conditioning repair.
Your comfort and satisfaction聽are important to us, so we聽like to minimize聽the聽possibility of聽repairs in the first place. A聽well-maintained聽air conditioner聽typically聽cools聽more efficiently, is less likely to聽malfunction聽and聽usually聽lasts longer.
2.聽Change Your聽Air Filter
Routinely聽replacing your air filter is聽critical聽for your air conditioner’s聽health. During a聽tune-up聽visit, our聽techs聽check聽filters and聽replace them聽if聽required.聽Putting in a new聽filter is聽speedy聽and聽straightforward. You can (and should) do it on your own聽when you can!
How聽frequently聽you need to聽install a new聽filter depends on:
- The聽type聽of filter you use.
- If someone in your聽house聽has asthma, allergies or other respiratory聽concerns.
- If you have pets.
Basic flat filters聽normally聽last for 30Ð60 days.聽Thicker聽pleated filters can last up to 90 days. If聽you're unsure聽if your filter聽needs to be replaced,聽take it out, and聽tilt it toward聽the light.聽Get a new one聽if you can’t see light through it.
Filters聽remove聽dust, pollen and other聽pollutants聽from your聽home's聽air, keeping airflow聽clean.聽Disregarding聽it will聽impact聽your聽home's聽indoor air quality聽and your air conditioner’s efficiency.
Sometimes聽a聽clogged聽filter聽may聽even damage your system or cause it to聽malfunction.聽Regularly聽replacing it聽will keep the inside of your air conditioner cleaner and airflow more聽consistent.
If someone in your聽home聽is dealing with聽allergies, asthma or other respiratory聽conditions,聽check with聽our Experts about how a聽HEPA filter聽can聽lessen symptoms.
3.聽Check聽Your Thermostat and Smoke Detectors
Now is聽a great聽time to聽test聽other聽essential聽components聽of your air conditioner and other safety systems.
If you聽use聽a programmable thermostat,聽make sure聽that it’s聽working聽correctly. If the batteries are聽running low,聽replace them.
For聽added聽control and convenience,聽consider聽upgrading to聽a smart thermostat. They make聽saving聽energy聽less complicated. And聽select聽models can even聽tell聽you if there’s聽trouble聽with your air conditioner or if your air filter needs聽to be changed.
Although聽they’re not part of your air conditioning system, now is聽a great聽time to聽check聽the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.聽Making sure聽they still have juice聽gives聽peace of mind and an聽added聽layer of聽protection.
4. Keep Heat聽Outdoors
One of the聽wisest聽ways to聽boost聽energy-efficient cooling is to聽minimize聽the聽amount聽of聽outdoor聽heat聽coming聽into your聽residence. Using聽premium聽window treatments聽like聽blackout curtains, honeycomb shades or plantation shutters, can聽stop聽the sun from聽influencing聽your home's聽temperatures.
Here are聽a couple聽other聽methods聽to keep your聽residence聽cool聽without聽adjusting聽the thermostat:
- Turn on聽ceiling fans when you’re in the room.
- Turn on聽your bathroom fan to聽eliminate聽heat and humidity when you shower.
- Keep air vents聽clean聽to ensure聽proper聽airflow.
- Install聽caulk and weatherstripping to seal your doors and windows.
Rely on聽黑料社区聽for聽Skilled聽Air Conditioning Maintenance
Our聽guide聽will help your air conditioner聽cool聽better聽this summer. But the聽wisest聽way you can聽increase聽efficiency is with air conditioning maintenance. Some聽benefits聽of this service聽include:
- Worry-free cooling.
- 尝颈办别濒测听肠丑别补辫别谤听肠辞辞濒颈苍驳听别虫辫别苍蝉别蝉.
- Potentially聽increasing聽your air conditioner’s聽lifetime.
- Keeping your valuable manufacturer’s warranty聽ongoing.
Make sure your air conditioning is聽prepped聽for this summer!聽Call聽the heating and cooling Experts at聽黑料社区聽today!聽Reach聽us at (866) 963-7996 to聽schedule聽your maintenance appointment or to learn more about our聽HVAC membership plans.
