Bartlett Heating and Air Tells You How Air Conditioners Remove Humidity

Contrary to popular belief, air conditioners are not simply just putting cold air into your home to cool it down. Air conditioners actually work with removing and controlling humidity in order to keep you cool! The air conditioners do this with the help of the refrigerant in your system. While the refrigerant is changing from a liquid to a gas and then back to a liquid is absorbs the heat and releases it. Humidity is moisture in the air so it has to be dealt with a different way. You have something called an evaporator coil in your AC. Under the evaporator coil is a condensate pan used to catch and store the condensation your AC produces while it removes the humidity from your air. Warm air from your house gets blown over the evaporator coil and then the cool coil can pull the moisture from the air. That now cooler air gets recycled back into your home to cool it down. It is important to remove humidity from your home because humidity holds heat. The higher the humidity in your home the harder your air conditioner has to work to cool you down. Excessive humidity also causes other issues like mold and mildew growth. It can warp wood and also make it harder for your family to breathe and be comfortable. If your air conditioner isn’t working its best to cool your home call Bartlett Heating and Air today for us to fix it!