{"id":850,"date":"2021-03-08T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/?p=850"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T18:01:09","slug":"gentle-reminder-strange-days-ac-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/gentle-reminder-strange-days-ac-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gentle Reminder in Strange Days of AC Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioner-condenser-3D-render-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"air-conditioner-condenser-3D-render\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioner-condenser-3D-render-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioner-condenser-3D-render-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioner-condenser-3D-render.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A few weeks ago, <\/span><a href=\"\/blog\/heating-service\/too-early-schedule-hvac-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we posted about air conditioning maintenance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is an important job to have done each spring to prepare a residential cooling system for the rigors of another summer. And then the big chill hit Texas, and we have to wonder if the people who read that original post still have AC maintenance in mind. We wouldn\u2019t be surprised if you and everyone else was strictly focused on heating systems. We certainly were busy helping customers handle heating difficulties during this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to bring up AC maintenance again because even with the bizarre cold weather we\u2019ve just gone through, the march toward summer has already begun, and you still need to have <\/span><a href=\"\/maintenance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">air conditioning maintenance in Katy, TX<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get you off to the best start. If you\u2019ve managed to settle any heating problems you experienced recently, it\u2019s time to move on to preventing cooling problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u201cIs maintenance really necessary each year?\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hear this question often, and the answer is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While you could still get your AC to run through a summer without maintenance, it\u2019s not a good idea and will have detrimental effects on the system that will create many problems. We encourage people to always stay with a yearly regimen, since it will help them to remember it in the future and not skip it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll give you a sense of what can start to go wrong with an air conditioner that isn\u2019t well-maintained. These problems apply to air conditioners everywhere, but they are magnified in Katy because we have longer and more intense summers. Our weather makes ACs work <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hard!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><b>The troubles of the neglected AC<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most immediate problem lack of maintenance creates for an AC is that it causes a drop in energy efficiency. The accumulation of dust and dirt on the system and the loss of lubrication on moving parts like the motors will cause the air conditioner to drain additional energy even as it does the same job. An AC loses about 5% of its efficiency each year it misses maintenance. By comparison, an AC that has regular maintenance will lose that much efficiency over <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most of its life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An air conditioner that isn\u2019t given a maintenance inspection before the summer may head into the season with a potential repair already brewing. The inspection is a chance for our technicians to catch these troubles early so we can fix them before the AC goes into serious action. This also helps prevent one of the worst effects of neglect on an air conditioner: a surprise breakdown during one of the hottest days of the year. Although our technicians are ready to come to your assistance when this happens, we know you\u2019d much rather not have it happen at all. Maintenance can stop most of these disasters!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, without maintenance, an air conditioner won\u2019t reach its estimated service life. It will need to be replaced years early, and that\u2019s an expensive \u201crepair.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Safety and Efficiency Cool Club is here to make maintenance simple for you. Talk to us today for details and get on the schedule ASAP\u2014because summer heat is on the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>At AC Comfort, Your Comfort Is Our Business! <\/b><a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Call to join our Safety and Efficiency Cool Club<\/b><\/a><b> and have your AC maintenance done today!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve managed to settle any heating problems you experienced recently, it\u2019s time to move on to preventing cooling problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[87,116,88],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":853,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accomfort.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}