Tampa's Best Locally Owned & Operated HVAC Company – Air Care Pros

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Most air conditioners have a lifespan of about 10 years. With regular maintenance, the equipment may even last for up to 15 years. If you don’t know the exact age of your system, you can look out for some warning signs to help you determine if you’ll need a replacement soon. This can help you avoid any emergency repair calls.

1. Breaking down frequently
2. Taking a long time to reach thermostat temperature or not reaching it at all
3. Short cycling (unit constantly turns on and off and only runs in short bursts)
4. Causing a consistent increase in your energy bill
5. A foul smell coming from the unit
6. Poor indoor air quality
7. Uneven room temperatures throughout the home
8. Unit is over a decade old

You should have your hvac systems serviced twice a year in Florida. These units are working under extreme conditions and need the maintenance to have a long lasting life. Not only does your air conditioner get a longer life but it will also operate more efficiently which in turn costs you less each month!

About once a month you should pour a cup of vinegar down your drain line tee at your air handler and/or you can use a shop vac to vacuum out all the build up inside the drain line. There is a white 3/4inch pvc pipe that drains your AC outside your home, usually coming from the attic or underneath the ground, or through the garage outside, just find it and attach your vacuum and let it do the work for a couple of minutes. Make sure your paper/cloth filter inside the vacuum is off before you do this or the vacuum could malfunction.

Your hvac air filter should be changed once every 30 to 90 days depending on the
quality of the filter. Be very careful when buying very expensive filters as some brands
make it very difficult for your blower motor inside the air handler to operate properly, and
therefore shortening the life of the motor.

Every home is different because of different factors such as: insulation in the attic, trees covering your home (shade equals cooler parts of the home), or even the type or windows you have like single pane or double pane for instance, but for the most part your air conditioning could be set between 74 and 78 degrees, and in the heating season it could be between 68 and 72 degrees are pretty common temps.

• If you’re a homeowner or soon to be one, you might want to take a moment to read this.
• There are huge changes happening in the HVAC industry now.
• They have made a change to the refrigerant in the AC systems.
• The reason it’s a big deal this time unlike last time is the suddenness of the change.
• Last refrigerant change was started in 2003, but was not mass produced by manufacturers until 2007.
• This allowed plenty of time for the industry to experiment and learn the new refrigerant. This was a guinea pig era of R410a.
• The new R32 and R454a is a sudden change with no crossover time to learn the new product.