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It’s Time to Get Your A/C Ready for Summer by Scheduling Your Annual Air Conditioner Maintenance
With Daylight Savings time behind us, days are getting longer and temperatures will be getting warmer. Before you know it, you’ll be programming your Air Conditioner to keep your home temperate. Yearly Air Conditioner maintenance can improve the performance of your Air Conditioner and prolong its lifespan so that you stay comfortable in your home no matter the temperature outside.
Benefits of Annual Air Conditioner Maintenance
When Air Conditioning units are not regularly serviced, dirt and debris build up inside. These contaminants hurt performance, so that your Air Conditioner has to work harder (and consume more energy) to cool the house. You’ll notice increased energy consumption, higher utility prices, and lowered unit performance when this happens. The fee that you’ll pay for annual maintenance is offset by the lower utility bills and increased comfort you’ll realize when units are working at their best.
Annual servicing removes dirt and debris that clog your air conditioning unit, negatively impact the unit’s performance and affect the indoor air quality in your home. Replacing furnace filters lowers unit energy consumption and improves performance by as much as 5 to 15 percent. During a regular maintenance visit your technician can also identify any potential problems that may cause a future breakdown. This allows you to budget accordingly for a new unit or repair as your existing Air Conditioner ages, and can help you avoid the stress of going without air conditioning when an old, neglected unit breaks down.
Maintenance tips
In a typical maintenance visit, your technician will inspect the unit and all its parts, clean the outdoor coil, inspect your system’s electrical components and connections, check the refrigerant levels, and make any tune-ups or adjustments necessary. Indoor Air Quality charges $119 for Air Conditioner maintenance appointments. This includes unit cleaning, inspection for wear and tear, checking of operation and recommendations of any needed parts and repairs. A reputable technician will have good working knowledge of all of the major Air Conditioner brands, such as Rheem, and will be able to properly service both new and older models.
Spring is the perfect time to have your Air Conditioner unit serviced, as any replacements or repairs can be made before the weather gets hot. In the worst case, if you wait until the heat of the Denver summer to have your unit serviced, you may end up going without an Air Conditioner while the technician repairs any problems.
