How To Prolong The Life Of Your Air Conditioning System

Your air-con system is a pricey collection of complicated

, technical bits of kit all designed and installed to work together. It is a dear and highly valued mechanism which you need to enjoy for so long as practical. It creates a great improvement to the air quality in your house.

Imagine if it wasn't working. How hot and uncomfortable would you feel? But more than a better ventilated home and cooler air. Your air conditioner also removes pollen, dirt, dust mites, mold and other air pollutants so it improves your health too. So you want to keep it working at peak performance for as long as possible and all it takes is a five minute phone call twice a year.

Is that all? Yessir - that's all. Just pick up the phone and call your local air conditioning service company to arrange a regular service check.

You should have a professionally qualified technician or service contractor look at your system a minimum of once a year but preferably twice. Once in the spring and again in the fall i.e. before and after the big usage period.

If you keep a regular service regime, then you ought to have many years of problem-free satisfaction with high quality cooled air free from pollen and other health perils from your ventilation apparatus. But even the best maintained mechanical elements and systems show signs of wear after a bit.

You may have some repairs done to lengthen the working life of your air conditioner but at some particular stage the price tag of mending is going to begin to outweigh the benefits of getting your system fixed. If you're spending a couple of hundred dollars on repairs and replacement whenever you have your system serviced, then you've got to begin to query the worth of doing that compared against the price of replacing the system or at a minimum the key parts.

Your running expenses are also likely to be higher too in an older system or one that needs repeated repairs. The whole system is likely to be working below optimum performance so your house will be hotter or cooler than you expect. To correct the temperature you will be changing the thermostat and guess what? You'll be spending more on your electricity bills. So you have to ask yourself a difficult question. Should I get the system fixed again or do I have to bite the bullet and replace it?

Another questions you must ask. Is how old is the system? A good air-conditioning system should last twelve years or longer. If yours is older than that then you're possibly facing a tough call but at the exact same time be thankful for the years of excellent cooling air you and great ventilation you've had.

Newer systems will definitely be more effective and consume less energy for a similar performance so while you are making a big outlay on the new hardware, your operating costs will be less from utilizing a more recent, better system.

It's not an easy choice to spend a significant amount of money on a new air conditioning system but sometimes it just makes economic sense.

by: Robert Smidth

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