When Should I Replace My Air Conditioner in the U.S.?
Replacing your home’s air conditioner is聽probably聽one of the biggest decisions you will make this summer to聽ensure your family's comfort. Whether to choose between an聽AC repair聽or an entire聽air conditioner replacement聽is a聽call聽you may have to聽consider.聽Lucky for you, there is a point at which you can know it’s time to stop聽investing in聽AC repairs and choose to replace your air conditioner.
Increasing AC Age
Something to聽consider聽before getting too聽involved聽in to the process is the age of the air conditioner. Like聽many聽mechanical devices, air conditioners will聽wear out聽over time. With a new air conditioner,聽cutting-edge聽technology聽gives you聽improved聽comfort and聽much longer聽reliability, for less money. While it’s not on the same scale, you could聽compare聽heating and air conditioning equipment to computers. The technology does have a聽lifespan聽and newer, more advanced upgrades are聽constantly聽being聽born.
Increasing AC Repair Costs
With an appliance as聽sophisticated聽as a central air conditioner, there are parts that聽give out聽and break down over time, especially if routine maintenance has not been done. A well-maintained聽system聽should work well throughout peak air conditioning season. A good rule of thumb when deciding to聽replace the聽air conditioner is that if annual AC repair costs approach $1,200,聽it's likely聽a good time to replace. That’s because the average monthly payment of an entirely new air conditioning system is the equivalent of聽one聽repair cost.
Another way to think about this is, if the cost for the AC repair is 1/12 of the cost of a new AC replacement, the聽bonuses聽of the replacement air conditioner in low monthly payments, energy bill reduction and聽increased聽comfort likely聽outweigh聽the investment in the AC repair.
Decreasing Efficiency
Seeing聽decreases in your energy bill doesn’t take long when it happens聽all the time. It can be easy to write it off as an聽abnormality, but be sure to take a closer look at the energy you’re consuming and see if those increases are due to聽more use, or more likely due to something else like lower efficiency of your home’s air conditioner. The older your AC system gets (and the longer it goes before being maintained), the more inefficient it will become. It may also be聽a light bulb聽that it’s time for air conditioner replacement.
Noise Pollution
Older air conditioners and ductwork聽run聽much louder than today’s new AC systems. That聽annoying聽clanking you’ve become聽used to, or the overall noise level when the air conditioner is聽working聽could mean the end is near for your current air conditioner.聽You might now聽realize how much noise you and your family have been living with until you聽realize聽the extreme quiet that a newer, more modern air conditioning system聽can offer.
Of course, these aren’t the only聽concerns聽that聽show off聽the need for air conditioner replacement, but they are a聽couple聽of the more common ones that we see聽all the time.聽黑料社区聽can help by聽giving you聽a free assessment of your home’s air conditioning system to help determine whether the time has come for your air conditioner to be replaced, or if it’s best to聽go forward聽with an AC repair.聽The U.S.聽has trusted us for a reason, and that’s because your comfort is always top priority. Give us a call at (866) 963-7996 or聽set up a free appointment聽today.
