When you have a home entertainment center in your home, you can sit back and relax as you enjoy a movie with your family and friends, sing along to music as you clean the home, or root for your favorite sports team while enjoying your favorite snacks. However, a media center must be set up properly in order for its potential to be maximized. Keep reading to learn how to plan and organize your home entertainment center’s setup while maintaining safety and protecting your equipment.…
Your air conditioner condenser has a contactor in it that controls the flow of electricity. It’s a small part that can go bad, and when it does, your AC will malfunction. Here’s how a contactor works, why a contactor goes bad, and how a bad contactor is replaced.
The Job Of An Air Conditioner Contactor
Your AC parts need electricity intermittently. When the thermostat turns the equipment on, the contactor opens to let electricity flow to a part that needs to start up.…
Summer is just a few months away. If you’ve noticed a recent warming trend, now’s the time to service your air conditioner. Servicing your air conditioner before you use it each summer will help to avoid break-downs. If you’re not sure that your air conditioner needs to be serviced, read the information that’s provided below. You’ll find three important reasons to service your air conditioner right away.
Your Home Has Been Vacant…
Many homeowners don’t give their home’s heating system and furnace much thought unless it’s winter and they need the heat. Unfortunately, this dismissive perspective often leads to a heating system that, at best, works inefficiently. At worst, it won’t work at all. One of the simplest care tasks that your home’s heating system needs actually turns out to be one of the most important, too. Here’s a look at what you need to know about what can happen if you fail to have your home’s heating system cleaned regularly, including air filter replacement.…
With the summer heat right around the corner, now is the perfect time to schedule your annual AC maintenance appointment if you haven’t already. If you are thinking about putting off this call until later in the season, taking a moment to review the three reasons outlined below can help you to better understand why it is so important that you act soon.
Identify And Repair Any Damage That Happened During The Off-Season…
Electric furnaces are generally very reliable, but they can suffer from mechanical problems from time to time. If your electric furnace is suffering from a malfunction, you may notice that it loses its ability to heat your home as quickly and efficiently as it once did.
If your electric furnace appears to be functioning normally but has noticeably lost some of its heating power, you should call in a professional furnace repair service to diagnose and repair your furnace as quickly as possible.…
If your home does not currently have central air conditioning, you may want to consider having it installed. Those who do not have a lot of experience living in a home with central air might not understand the full depth of its benefits, so further reading is suggested. Here are a few good reasons to install a central air conditioning system.
You Can Save Money Every Month
A lot of people make the mistake of fearing their electric bill once they start using central air conditioning.…
AC systems require special attention after extended periods of not being used. Some homeowners think that it is fine for them to skip air conditioning services if they turn on the AC systems and the systems produce cooled air. However, postponing or neglecting to get systems serviced can lead to breakdowns when cooling is needed most. Recently purchased AC systems also need routine maintenance if they have been used in a prior season.…
If your heat pump won’t put out warm air when you switch the mode from AC to heat, the problem might be with the reversing valve. A reversing valve malfunction can be difficult to diagnose since other failing parts can have the same symptoms. A heating repair professional can determine if the reversing valve is bad and what needs to be done about it. Here’s how a reversing valve is supposed to work, why it goes bad, and the repair options for when it malfunctions.…
If you hear an odd hissing noise coming from your air conditioner, you might have a refrigerant leak. A loss of refrigerant is not good, and your AC will slowly lose its ability to cool your home as the refrigerant escapes. Here are some things about AC refrigerant that you might want to know.
Refrigerant Is Not Supposed To Leak Out
You might think refrigerant is slowly lost over time and the HVAC technician fills it during an annual inspection.…
