Tips In Air Conditioning Maintenance

By Susan Dawson


A typical central air conditioning niceville fl consist of two sections, the condenser and the evaporator. These are separately placed, the first one usually somewhere out of the house. The second is always in a place in the house where it is not that reachable. This appliance is not something to be ignored and a cleaning routine should be observed regularly.

Unplugging the machine is the very first thing you ought to do if you are to clean the while unit. Since the condenser is outside, it should be cleaned first. Take out anything that is blocking the air passage of the fan. Even if these are just leaves, tissue paper or anything else. It is protected by a metal grill and this would mean that you need to remove it to clean the fan.

On its side is the fin, To clean this one you have to remove its grill first in order to apply thorough scrubbing. Get anything that are in the lines of the fine. This is a delicate one and must be managed with full attention for you might bent the fin lines. If a line was bent, get a fin comb and brush it to the affected area to re straighten it.

Check the refrigerant pipe if it is in shape especially the rubber sheet that covered it. The black rubber sheet cover helps maintain the temperature of the refrigerant pipe, if this will be damaged due to its age, it must be replaced by a new one. Also assure that the pipe do not possess hole that might cause the escape of the air.

In cleaning the evaporator, You have to identify whether your evaporator is accessible or not. If plenum is wrapped with foil, it is accessible and can be maintained annually. But if the plenum is covers with a metal sheet, do not attempt to open it for only the company has the authorization to clean your evaporator. If you insist, do call the company maintenance and let them do the task. This is a warning, never get curious about this for if you will intentionally unseal the package, then the company will hold no more responsibility on your unit whatever situations you will be facing

To maintain the accessible one, remove the foil usually attached by tapes. As you remove that you can see a screw plate that covered a hole. Remove the screws and put them in a place. Never use anything aside from screw driver just to assure the durability of the machine.

As you open the hole by removing the plate you can now start cleaning the unit using a stiff brush. There are time that some areas are unreachable and so you have to slide at least a section of it enough for you to reach. In sliding the unit, do take good care for the pipes might be bent. One these pipes were bent, the cycle of the air will be abnormal.

The tray underneath the evaporator must also be included. This is a fungi prone part of the whole unit and therefore must be ignored everytime you do the routine. In cleaning for this part you only need to discharge one tablespoon of bleach. After that set back the whole attachments and turn it on and check whether there are still leaks.

Maintaining an air conditioning niceville fl unit is very a bit mind blowing. If you think that your ability in household sanitation is not enough to handle such case, the seek for a help from the experts. Just remember that it is better to admit your weaknesses than pretending to have knowledge for everything.




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