Posts Tagged “air conditioner”
The spring heat wave in many parts of the world has led to record sales of home air conditioners by manufacturers such as Voltas, Panasonic, Hitachi, LG and Haier. Sales have also been boosted by pent-up demand, with low sales in April 2021, when businesses were impacted by the second wave of COVID-19. Sales in […]Read More
Luckily, central air conditioners are pretty reliable. Some basic homeowner maintenance and a yearly preventative maintenance tune-up and you should be good to go. However, for whatever reason, central ACs and heat pumps occasionally do run into problems, and one of the most common is frozen coils. An air conditioner with frozen coils can’t cool […]Read More
You may have heard the word “ton” used in reference to the size of a central air conditioning system, then made the understandable error of figuring that a ton, in this reference, means what it means in nearly every other technical context, 2,000 pounds. That’s not the case, however. In the AC context, a ton […]Read More
When shopping for a new air conditioning system for your home, try to avoid cutting corners. While it may save you some time now, that likely will cost you in significant money, comfort and trouble in future years. Consider several important factors when shopping for a new cooling system. What to Consider When Choosing a […]Read More
Most homeowners have only a vague notion about how their central air conditioner cools their home. It’s this magic machine that manufactures cool air (which isn’t exactly correct, but more on that later). As for the technology that makes that happen, they’re not really up on that. However, having some basic sense for how an […]Read More
With any modern heating and cooling system, it’s essential to have an approximate idea of how long the system can be expected to operate effectively and efficiently. A closely related bit of knowledge is what you can do as a homeowner to make your HVAC system operate as effectively as possible, as long as possible. […]Read More
When cold weather seeps back into southwest Ohio, you’ll probably not be thinking about your air conditioner. Your AC made it through another long summer and you figure you can put it out of your mind till next spring. However, if you’ve had your air conditioning system for more than 10-12 years and have been […]Read More
It might take a few hours, or depending on the outside temperatures, even a day or two to notice, but if your central air conditioner is blowing air that’s lukewarm , you’ve got a problem, and a common one at that. A variety of possible explanations could be behind this issue, some you can handle yourself, and […]Read More
Many homeowners casually call the HVAC system that cools their home in the summer an air conditioner. While that’s a proper description of its cooling function, in many cases the term is technically incorrect. Sometimes the contraption is actually an electric air-source heat pump, which cools your home when it’s warm outside and heats it […]Read More
If you’re extremely lucky, you’ll never have to experience your home’s air conditioning system breaking down on a hot day. Most people aren’t extremely lucky, however. That’s why it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with some of the common reasons ACs break down. The more you know about what might happen, the better equipped […]Read More
