Spring Is The Time To Clean & Inspect Your Home Air Conditioning System

The summertime heat is on the way and living in the McKinney area we all know nothing will stop it when it does arrive. With that in mind there is no better time to get your air conditioning maintenance performed on your home air conditioning system. Make sure your air conditioning system is running at its top performance have an air conditioning technician clean and inspect the units operation. This will give you the best chance of not needing an air conditioning repair at home this year, and it will reduce your air conditioning electricity bills. This is recommended to be done at least once a year preferable before the summer heat kicks in. After the heat kicks in change you filter on the indoor unit once a month and you will be in the best condition.

How Often Should My Home Air Conditioning System Receive Maintenance?

Most residential air conditioning units need to be cleaned and inspected at least once a year, in the spring. This is subject to how much use the unit receives and also how dirty the area is around said air conditioning unit. The outside unit needs yearly cleaning as we are discussing but the indoor unit should never need to be cleaned under normal conditions. This is why we change our air filters on the indoor air conditioning system. This is considered an air conditioning repair when you do not have a filter in the unit or run it with out changing it out frequently enough. When your in need of this type of cleaning you can usually be looking at upwards of a thousand dollars or more depending on how dirty the system is.

Cleaning Residential Air Conditioning Systems

Your outdoor air conditioning unit at the house needs to be cleaned every year. This involves chemical treatment of the outside coils where dirt is accumulated to help release without too much water pressure. After chemical is applied then your water hose will be used to rinse out as much dirt that is possible. Without using too much pressure! The jet nozzle might be too much pressure and a pressure washer will never be the correct solution. This cleaning of your air conditioning unit prevents potential air conditioning repairs and reduces your electricity bill. The cleaning can be performed by the homeowner, but they should learn how to do it correctly and what not to do. This also means that the homeowner will not be able to check the freon while cleaning.

Checking The Freon Pressure

The cleaning of your outdoor air conditioning unit and prevention of potential air conditioning repairs, helps increase the heat transfer between the copper freon lines and the outdoor air. This transfer of heat must take place in order to condense the high pressure high temp freon back into a high pressure liquid. When the freon temp is reduced, ie. increasing the air flow of the outside coil buy cleaning it, then you will also have a drop in pressure. When cleaning a dirty air conditioning system it is always a good idea to get the freon pressure checked at the same time. All air conditioning maintenance cleanings will come with a freon pressure check. This pressure can only be checked while the system is running and will only be true with proper air flow outside and inside. Which means that you outside coil should be cleaned first and the indoor air filter should also be changed first.