The cost of HVAC maintenance is usually minimal. You might need to invest some time, but you don’t need to spend a bunch money to keep your system running efficiently. If you fail to regularly maintain your system, it is bound to become more expensive to run. That is, if your furnace is not regularly clean, you will experience reduced airflow. And, if your air conditioner is not serviced on a regular basis, it will be harder to cool down your home.…
Read More »A central air conditioner contains two main segments, the outdoors condensing unit and indoors air handler, and each segment contains a variety of parts that work together to move a chemical fuel through to provide the cooling your home needs. The process starts at the thermostat, which sends a signal to the condensing unit and powers up the compressor. The compressor squeezes out the refrigerant gas that will move through the whole system in various phases.…
Read More »The air handler portion of your central air conditioner is inside your home, normally in the furnace, and contains the parts that make up the final stages of the cooling cycle. The parts include the evaporator coils, which receive a liquid refrigerant from the outside condensing unit and perform a phase change that both makes the refrigerant a gas and makes the surface of the coils cold. The cold coils chill the circulating ambient air that is then passed back into your home.…
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