How to Keep Your AC Running Smoothly All Year Round?

However, there is nothing to fret about. The maintenance of your AC is not as complex (or costly) as one would suppose. A bit of maintenance year round will help a great deal in insuring your unit is in top working form, when you have to use it most. So let us analyze it.

The First Step Is Basic Check-Up

Your AC should be thought of as a car. You would not go many miles without oil change. Same also applies to your air conditioner.

• Inspect filters: Filtres clogged are the top reason of low air movement. They should be cleaned or replaced once in 1-3 months.
• Check vents and ducts: Be sure that they are not blocked by something, furniture or curtains.
• Pay attention to unusual sounds: a buzzing, rattling, hissing, or a weird arrangement of them means there is something out of the ordinary

Book Professional Servicing at an Interval of Two Times a Year

Yes, you can do it yourself a lot but there are details that only a trained tech can see. To enjoy your AC it is worth servicing it at least twice a year once before summer and once before winter in case you use it in winters as a heater as well.

In the process of carrying out a professional maintenance services, the technicians will:

•  Clean insides such as coils, fans etc.
• Refrigerant levels Tests
• Test Leakage
• Check whether your thermostat is right
• Make sure every part is in operation
• Ensure everything is running well
• It is a mind that will save you much more (often at a higher cost) in a case of breakdown.
• Maintain the compact exterior of the Outdoor Unit Clean

Keep the Outdoor Unit Clean

We Understand–beside being out of mind, Out of sight. However, you must give equal attention to the outdoor unit of your AC.

• Prune the vegetation plants and bushes around the unit no less than two feet
• Clean leaves, dirt and debris after few weeks
• Ensure that objects that hinder air are not there

When it is in dirt’s your AC must work more hence bill next month will be normal and there will be more friction.

Don Not Disregards The Thermostat

The problem is not always in the AC sometimes it is the thermostat. An efficient way to fix your system is to upgrade it using a smart thermostat that learns your habit and then automatically adjusts temperatures accordingly.

Although you might be using a manual one, do keep it off direct light source or warming appliances. It may cause your AC to think that there is more heat in your home than reality so that it works overtime.