Fall is here and winter is around the corner. In many parts of the country, homeowners have turned off their air conditioners for the season. Now is the perfect time to service your air conditioner and keep it protected from seasonal hazards. Maintaining your air conditioner in the fall and winter will help ensure that the unit is ready to cool your home in the coming year.
Change the Air Filter…
The temperature has already started dropping for the season across the United States, and the coldest part of the year will soon be here. If you want to stay comfortable when the winter weather arrives, you have to make sure that your HVAC system is up to the challenge of subzero temperatures.
Get your furnace in great shape for the coming cold by taking care of the following:
Clear any obstacles away from the area around your furnace…
You’d expect water to leak from a faucet or a pipe, but finding out your air conditioning system can spring a leak can be a bit of a shock. Your A/C system isn’t connected to your plumbing in any way, so what’s the deal? The following explains how these leaks can happen and how you can fix them.
What Causes A/C System Leaks
As warm, humid air passes through the A/C system’s evaporator coil, the coil absorbs the latent heat within the air.…