AC Maintenance Tips you can follow to save more on your Summer Electricity bill
We all know how badly we depend on appliances like Air Conditioner, Fan, and an Air Cooler during summer with humidity reaching to its peak of 30-40 degree in cities like Bangalore and Hyderabad. A legitimate use and regular maintenance of these appliances will not only keep them in a proper working condition but also help us to save on hefty electricity bill.
Today, let us take a look at a few AC maintenance tips and hacks. A well maintained AC unit consumes less energy, incur less cost and lost longer to help you to save on replacement cost which is eventually a costly affair to deal with. A regular service of Air Conditioner parts like filters, coils, fans and drains help in smooth running of your appliance and any kind of negligence could have an adverse effect on its cooling capacity and can cause a damage to the unit.
To help you with your AC Maintenance, we have got few tips you can follow to keep your AC in a proper working condition.
AC Maintenance Tip #1 – Air Filter Cleaning
If you are facing cooling problems with your AC then you need to have a check on your Air filter. A dirty air filter blocks the air flow and reduces the cooling capacity of an AC unit. The clogged air filter can take the dirt directly into an evaporator coil and soil the cooling coils badly. So it becomes important to clean the air filter at least once in a month to have that cool breeze around.
AC Maintenance Tip #2 – Evaporator Coil Cleaning
Evaporator coil cleaning is one of the must do things in AC maintenance. A clean air filter prevents the dust depositing on evaporator coil but with time, these coils can get soiled with an accumulation of debris and thus reducing the heat absorbing capacity of the coil. A dusty evaporator coil reduces the cooling capacity of your AC unit and so it becomes necessary to clean the evaporator coil on a regular basis.
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AC Maintenance Tip #3 – Condensor Coil Maintenance
As the condenser and fan unit is located outside the home or office, these are more prone to filth and lint due to outside dust, animal shift, rain, wind and etc. This makes it difficult for hot air and heat to dissipate outside which results in the heating of condenser and compressor. Therefore a yearly cleaning of the condenser is recommended for an AC to work properly.
AC Maintenance Tip #4 – Coil Fins Cleaning
Condenser coil fins also need a regular cleaning as the dust on condenser coil gets accumulated on the fins. Take care of the coil fins to keep the condenser and evaporator in a good condition.
AC Maintenance Tip #5 – Maintenance of Rear Drain
This is important. Any blockage of a drain at the rear end results in water accumulation inside the AC. The lack of space inside results in water dripping and eventually, water inside the AC units finds no vent. This increases the humidity level in the room making it difficult for anyone to survive under. So, please ensure to avoid this.
AC Maintenance Tip #6 – Upgrade your AC Thermostat
You might have seen the thermostat of your AC. It helps you to set the temperature of Air conditioner. It becomes important to make sure it is working right. If you are using the older mechanical type thermostat then please upgrade it to a programmable one.
A programmable thermostat allows you to set the temperature higher when no one is home and cool the house down about 30 minutes before people arrive home for the evening. This way you can welcome yourself to a cooler home and save more on the energy bill by not having your AC running all the day when no one is at home.
AC Maintenance Tip #7 – Take a Professional help
When it comes to an AC maintenance, there are few things that you can do on your own but others are advised to be performed only by the one who comes with a proper training and license. If you are facing trouble performing maintenance tasks then never hesitate to call a professional to do it for you.
If you are looking for AC maintenance service at your home or office then hire a technician from Bro4u. Along with AC repair, we also provide air cooler repair, fan repair and service, inverter repair and service, refrigerator service and all kind of home and appliance repair/service.
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Thanks for the post. Air condition is very important but it consumes lot of electricity. The tips which you have given looks good and I will definitely try it out to save electricity.
Thank you for sharing this information. After following your guidelines, we can definitely save electricity.
Very thankful for these resources, they seem like they will really help with what I need to get done. Thank you very much for the post!
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