Bartlett Heating and Air Talks About Some AC Mistakes You Might Be Making

There are so many articles online about your HVAC system. While some have great advice, others feed you the wrong information that can hurt your system down the line and end up costing you more money. Here are some common mistakes you might be making when it comes to your homes air conditioning system. When you bought your new air conditioner did you have it sized right? Sometimes we find that some homes have an air conditioner that is either too big or too small for their home. A good technician will use the Manual J method to properly size your homes air conditioner. One of the ways you can tell you have an over sized AC is that it will run for only a short amount of time and then turn back off. This wastes electricity and also will cause it to wear out faster than it should. An air conditioner that was under sized will run constantly. This will cause it to wear down faster so you will have to repair it more. This will also waste energy and raise your bills. The AC that is too small will pull the humidity out of the air but will not be able to make it feel cool. Another mistake we make is to skip our yearly cleanings. We need to have our air conditioner looked at each spring to make sure they are cleaned and ready to go come summer. You also need to be checking the filter each month to make sure that it is clean. A dirty filter can cause the air conditioner to use more energy to work which increases your bills each month. A dirty filter can also cause it to break down. If you are turning your thermostat all the way down to make your AC cool your home faster, you are just hurting the AC. Turning the thermostat all the way down will only put strain on it. The AC does not cool faster this way. You will also be using more energy while your home is only cooling the same amount. You are risking premature breakdown of your system should you do this often. One last thing we will talk about is closing off the registers to rooms you are not using. This will also put strain on your system. Your system was sized and designed to cool most efficient using all rooms. Closing off some registers will throw this system off balance creating more strain. You can also cause leaks in your duct work by creating too much pressure when the registers are closed. This will not save you energy. These are common mistakes we at Bartlett Heating and Air see quite often. They are easy to fix so look over what you might be doing wrong and change it for the better. Bartlett Heating and Air can help you with all you HVAC needs so call us today!