Hi all, I was told how easy it was to create a blog, so here goes ( I hope I wasn't misinformed LOL ) This is the first time I have ever blogged so please feel free to respond with any and all remarks that you think would benefit this blog space and me!!
I work at a heat and air company here in Cushing, Oklahoma. It has been in business here since 1995.
I thought that I could benenfit customers with information and tips having to do with heat and air systems and IAQ ( Indoor Air Quality).
I will try to post helpful hints and answer frequently asked questions.
Tip #1 -- Check Filters Monthly ( and change or clean if needed !! )
This is the number one way to insure efficiency and long lasting equipment. You wouldn't believe how many customers tell me when asked that yes their filter is clean and when we arrive act totally surprised that we pull a dirty filter out. I would say that 50-75% of our service calls could have been avoided if they had just changed their filters.
With the rising cost of electric and gas both-- any heat and air system can benefit from clean filters. Regular filter changes will not only improve efficiency but also help extend the life of your equipment.
Please let me know if you have any heat and air questions, that I can help with. I can tell you that I am not an expert. But I have worked here since 1995, and feel I have a grasp on most problems and their solutions. If I don't know the answer, I will either tell you I do not know, or I will find out the information and post it.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read my blog, I hope to continue this one for many years, or at least as long as anyone wants to read and respond to it. LOL Have a great day. Will see you next week with another helpful tip.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
I would like to know if there is anything I can do to service my own equipment or should I hire someone to do it? Also, how often is service needed?
Good question. Remember that I am not a licensed heat and air technician. If you have any doubts what so ever about any of the procedures I discuss, please do not proceed!!!
Usually you can service your own equipment.( The exception being if you need your evaporator coil pulled and cleaned, only trust licensed heat and air companies to do that. ) Equipment should be serviced at least once a year, Before summer is one of best times to do your service. For summer services: You start by turning the power off to the unit ( Very important ) then with the garden hose with nozzle, start at the top of the outside coil and go back and forth as you go down to the bottom ( the coils are made of aluminum so don't use pressure high enough to bend them, they bend easily !!) You will be able to see the water coming out the other side of the coil , (if you look down inside the condensing unit as you are spraying the outside coil), and you continue till water runs clear. There is the electric box and the motors that you want to be careful of getting wet, if there is any possibilty of them being wet, wait till dry to turn unit back on. That and a filter change and basically you have a summer service. A licensed company will also check pressures ( freon ) while servicing equipment , but if you have no history of leaks, and your unit cools fine,then a freon pressure check is not necessarily needed. I hope this has been useful, if you have any more questions, or there is anything I can elaborate on above, please let me know.
Hi Billie. What I would like to know is, that with the prices of everything going up these days, is there anything I can do to cut down on my electric bill?
Post a Comment