When your air conditioning system is needed, your typically want it to work. When we think of taking care of our air conditioning system you think of paying the electric bill for it and that is that. Well taking care of an air conditioning system in your home is much more difficult than that. We have to look at it like this, if your air conditioning system was your car and you owned it for ten years with out changing the tires or oil or washing it. That would be horrible and not only would you not want to drive it on the road and be seen in it. You would probably not have a car that worked for ten years or so.
So with that is mind lets talk about how we can take car of our unit before it breaks then we will get into how to deal with it when it breaks. So first lets talk about your indoor air filter. If it is one inch thick it should be changed every month in the summer in Dallas, TX. I know what your thinking we bought the 90 day filter, well i'm telling you now to read the side of that particular filter and it will tell you in fancy words that if you use this filter more it will last less time. So with that in mind think of this, the thirty dollar allergen filter you just bought is going to catch all of those allergens that pass through it but it will also clog up faster than a regular filter. So with that said your thirty dollar filter should defiantly be changed every thirty days in the summer time in Dallas.
If you don't like to see water inside your home where it does not belong then you should consider putting a cup of bleach in your drain like once a year to keep the algae and dirt from building up in their and clogging your system. at the indoor equipment you should see a white 3/4 inch PVC pipe with a T in it sticking up in the air. That is where you put your bleach if you have a cap on it or even a piece of tape then you must replace that when you are done or your system will not drain water properly. Most of the systems that need a cap on the drain T are electric heaters.
When your outside make sure their is not a big debris build up around your outside unit. This will get your unit dirty inside and out, the easiest way to have a clean outside unit is to never expose it to dirt. This is why the rooftop units dont need to be cleaned as often, they just don't have as much dirt that high off of the ground. So with that said people with dirt around their outside units will have to clean their units more often. People with nothing but concrete that is clean 365 days out of the year around their unit in all directions will have to clean their units less.
Thanks for reading with us here and remeber when your unit breaks or if you need any maintenance advise call or go online and make us call you
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