As summer makes its way into Green Bay, WI, you need a cooling system that provides relief from the heat inside your home. However, if your air conditioner isn’t ready to battle the heat, you may be left with a miserable, uncomfortable summer. When you hire our technicians for skilled, comprehensive air conditioner maintenance, you can avoid the discomfort of summer heat while you relax inside your home.
Here, we’ll tell you all about what we do during routine maintenance and why you need the service every year.
Master Checklist for In-Depth Annual Maintenance
To keep your system as healthy as possible, a comprehensive and detailed AC maintenance checklist is crucial. Our technicians work diligently through each task on this list to ensure your air conditioner is ready for the summer heat.
Inspect All the Parts
Our technicians look over your entire cooling system when we perform annual maintenance. We look at each component within the system during this visual inspection. While looking, we try to find any abnormal wear and tear that might signal a larger issue. We look for damaged parts that could cause your system to become inoperable as well. This inspection helps improve the reliability of your system by spotting problems early. This can make the difference between a breakdown in the middle of summer or cold, flowing air conditioning all season.
Clean the System
Keeping your air conditioning system clean helps reduce stress and wear. Our technicians wipe away dust and dirt on the inside of the system, taking special care to clean certain components. We carefully wipe the coils inside the AC to prevent buildup that can hinder heat exchange. Dirty coils can cause the system to freeze, resulting in inoperable conditions.
Your outside unit requires special attention as well. We clean the coils in the condenser unit to remove dirt that builds up throughout the year. We remove debris from the top and around the unit, ensuring a clearance of 2-3 feet. This gives your system breathing room and can help prevent stress on especially hot days and overheating.
Lubricate Moving Parts
Gears, chains, and other components inside your air conditioner move during normal operation. We lubricate some of these parts to prevent damage that friction can cause. This helps reduce wear and tear on these components, leading to a longer life and greater reliability for your system.
Dry gears and bearings can also create squeaking, squealing, and grinding noises as the air conditioner runs. Proper lubrication helps prevent these sounds for quiet operation.
Check Refrigerant
Refrigerant circulates through your air conditioner and helps with creating cold air and releasing hot air. Without refrigerant, your system could experience a number of issues and leave your home warm and uncomfortable. Low refrigerant can cause your system to freeze, overheat, run constantly, or short cycle.
Our technicians make sure there is enough refrigerant inside the system to perform normally. If the refrigerant is low or empty, we look for cracks and holes in the lines and reservoirs that could have allowed the refrigerant to leak out. Refrigerant leaks are harmful to the environment and can cause hazards to people and pets. It’s crucial to repair leaks immediately to prevent dangerous situations and restore comfort.
Clear Condensate Drain Line
The condensate drain line provides a pathway for water created inside the system to drain away safely. Water that pools inside the air conditioner can cause electrical hazards and damage to certain components. We check this line for cracks and damage that can let water drip out. We also clear the line to ensure there are no clogs that could cause water to flow back into the system.
Test Safety Components
Most modern air conditioning systems have safety controls or switches that can sense malfunctions or hazardous operating conditions and shut the system down to prevent damage. We carefully test each of these mechanisms to ensure they respond properly. If a safety test fails during maintenance, we’ll schedule repair services with you to fix the problem. It’s important to keep the air conditioner off until these repairs can be made and the safety mechanisms function properly. Operating the cooling system without properly functioning safety controls can cause damage to your system or pose a hazard to your home and personal safety.
Test Cycle For Proper Airflow
Once we’ve cleaned the inside of the system, tuned the necessary parts, and done all other internal maintenance, it’s time to test the system. Our technicians turn on your air conditioner and check for proper airflow. We’ll check each vent to ensure cold air blows sufficiently through them. Insufficient airflow may be caused by system issues or problems with the air ducts. If we notice uneven or insufficient airflow, we’ll take a closer look to find the problem.
Check for Strange Sounds and Smells
Normal air conditioning should be quiet and odorless. As we test your airflow, we’ll also check for any loud or unusual noises within the system. These noises have a number of meanings, so our technicians will listen closely to diagnose any problems. Likewise, we’ll make sure the air flowing through the vents is odorless and that your AC itself has no foul or strange smells coming from it. We can often find the issue through the scent, helping us make repairs more quickly.
Calibrate Thermostat
When we run a normal cycle at the end of routine maintenance, we’ll check your thermostat for proper calibration. The temperature displayed on your thermostat should match the actual temperature of the surrounding area. If the thermostat does not accurately read the temperature, we can calibrate it so that it does.
It’s also important to consider the placement of your thermostat. If your home doesn’t seem to be reaching the desired temperature, it could be due to the location of your thermostat. We’ll make sure the device is centrally located within your house and away from doors and windows. We make sure your thermostat is also away from heat-producing appliances and vents that could skew the temperature readings. If your thermostat is not situated in an ideal place, we can move it somewhere better.
Schedule Maintenance With Our AC Specialists Now
At Healthy Home Heating & Cooling LLC, we know how important your home’s cooling system is when the heat scorches down on us in the summer. That’s why each of our hardworking technicians is backed by exhaustive experience and hands-on learning. We provide trusted heating and cooling repairs, maintenance, and installations to help you maintain control over the comfort inside your home. Our Peace of Mind program makes it easy to keep up with maintenance and keep your HVAC system reliable all year. It includes discounts, too!
We emphasize quality and integrity with every job we perform in your home so that you have peace of mind as the sun beats down this summer. As a bonus, when you schedule services with our team, you help give back to the community through our contributions to local charities such as the Food Bank and Make-A-Wish Wisconsin.
Schedule comprehensive air conditioning maintenance with the technicians at Healthy Home Heating & Cooling LLC today so you’re prepared for the heat of summer in Green Bay this year.
