There are a lot of things that could go wrong with your air conditioner, but a refrigerant leak is perhaps one of the worst. Refrigerant leaks can impact your air conditioner, home and family in a variety of ways.
If you think that you have a refrigerant leak, then you need AC repair in Covington, GA. You can keep reading to learn more about how to identify refrigerant leaks and why they are so dangerous for your home and family.
Temperatures are skyrocketing this summer as heatwave after heatwave rolls across the nation. You’re running your AC more than ever before, and it’s feeling the strain. The days have surpassed 100 degrees for weeks and it finally happens — your air conditioning stops working.
The most common culprit is air compressor failure. Working as the heart of the whole system this is where refrigerant is pressurized into a hot gas allowing it to pass between the indoor and outdoor coils, thus cooling the air inside the home. One of the most integral components, without a functioning compressor an AC unit can’t run.
We’ve talked before about the problem of refrigerant leaks in air conditioners and how you can detect them early so you can call us for AC repair in Covington, GA. But more than refrigerant can leak out of your air conditioning system. Your AC can leak water as well.
You might think, “Wait, the AC doesn’t use water to cool down the air. It uses refrigerant.” First, take some pride in your HVAC knowledge—we hope this means you read our earlier blog! Second, you correctly identified that an AC doesn’t use water for cooling. But an air conditioner does create water as a byproduct of how it works, and its design allows it to remove this water from the cabinet and out of the house. If you listen to your air conditioner as it runs, you’ll occasionally hear the sound of water. That’s AC removing water through its condensate system. When this condensate system malfunctions, it leads to water leaks.
No one can escape a drain clog in their house forever. This is one of those routine irritants that pop up from time to time, no matter how well you take care of your household plumbing.
When you face a clogged drain or a slow drain—so slow it might as well be a complete clog—what can you do? There are several methods to unclog a drain you can attempt. And some you shouldn’t. We’ll go through them as steps. Follow along, and we’ll see if we can open up that drain again.
Your air conditioning system has gone through plenty this summer. The hot weather isn’t done yet, so you might have concerns about the AC’s continuing performance with all the stress it’s accumulated. It’s easy to make the mistake of thinking your air conditioner needs more refrigerant, at least “topped-off,” so it can get through the rest of the hot weather.
This is not true, and if you hear someone who claims to be an HVAC technician tell you it’s time for more refrigerant, run the opposite direction! There’s only one situation where you’ll need more refrigerant put into an AC, and it’s a repair job, not routine maintenance.
Do you ever wonder how plumbers are able to diagnose complex plumbing problems that are hidden from view?
No, the answer isn’t that we’ve got some sort of secret psychic powers or the ability to see through walls. No, what we’ve got is access to modern technology!
Video pipe inspection allows us to take a look inside your drains and pipes, without having to tear up your home and property in the process. Amazing, right? We think so! In fact, there are plenty of benefits of using video pipe inspection, and below, we have outlined some of them for you. Keep reading to find out more about these services, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll consider scheduling them for yourself!
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