Air Conditioning Unlimited

Planned maintenance is important

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:16:50 +0000

We recommend that you have your air conditioning and heating comfort systems serviced twice annually to maintain peak performance. In the same manner as you maintain your automobile to increase its longevity, striving for HVAC efficiency will pay you back through peak comfort and lower utility bills for years to come!

Upgrade your thermostats

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:11:25 +0000

It's time to upgrade your thermostats with ones that have timers. Raising the temperature setting (during summer months) or lowering the temperature setting (during winter months) in your home during peak weather by 1 degree will save energy consumption by approximately 8%.

Consider a digital set-back thermostat during unoccupied hours. During air conditioning season, raise the temperature slightly after midnight and automatically lowering it prior to your every-day wake up time. During heating season, lower the temperature slightly after midnight and automatically raising it prior to your every-day wake up time. Your home or office HVAC efficiency will increase significantly and savings will add up continuously throughout the year.

Energy Audit

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:08:48 +0000

There are two basic types of energy audits: A home energy audit you can do yourself and professional energy audits. In either case, a home energy audit is the first step to assess how much energy your home consumes and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy efficient. An audit will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of money over time. During the audit, you can pinpoint where your house is losing energy. Audits also determine the efficiency of your home's heating and cooling systems. An audit may also show you ways to conserve hot water and electricity.

Professional Home Energy Audits
Professional energy audits are performed by trained technicians, certified to meet the requirements of California's Clean Energy Program. When performing a home energy audit, the energy auditor does a room-by-room examination of the residence, as well as a thorough analysis of past utility bills. Many professional energy audits will include a blower door test. Most will also include a thermographic scan.

Get to know the air around you!

admin — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 04:54:16 +0000

There’s more in the air than you can easily see—particles, dust and smoke, all of them potential triggers for asthma and allergy attacks. Particles like dust, smoke and bacteria are often .3 microns or less. At that size, allergens can get deep into your lungs because they aren’t filtered well by your nose and throat.

Cooling system tips

admin — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 04:52:24 +0000

Set the thermostat as high as comfort will permit.
Make sure attics are adequately ventilated to relieve heat buildup. If necessary, improve airflow by adding or enlarging vents.
When building a new house or renovating an old one, choose light-colored roof shingles to reflect more of the sun's heat.
During moderate weather, don't use the air conditioner unnecessarily.
Draw blinds or drapes to block the sunlight during the hottest part of the day.
Install awnings over windows exposed to direct sunlight.
In the cooling season, don't run kitchen and bath exhaust fans longer than necessary.
Don't place lamps, TV sets or other heat-producing devices beneath a wall-mounted thermostat. Rising heat from that equipment may cause the air conditioning system to overcool your house.

A little HVAC love

admin — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 04:49:25 +0000

You would’t drive your car 100,000 miles without changing the oil. The same logic holds true for your home comfort system. Regular HVAC preventative maintenance is the best way to ensure trouble-free operation and peak , which is our proven method to keep your system and your home in constant comfort.

For a system that heats and cools: perform maintenance in the spring and fall
For cooling system maintenance only: perform maintenance at least once a year, before the cooling season
For furnace maintenance only: perform maintenance at least once a year, before the heating season.

Give us a call today at 818-993-8713 to get started. You can also download our

Summer is coming, are you ready?

admin — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 04:47:28 +0000

As summer draws near and temperatures creep upward, a home air conditioner may start to look like more of a necessity than a luxury. All air conditioners work basically the same way as your refrigerator: They pump heat from one area (in this case, your home's interior) and transfer it to another (the outdoors). An air conditioning system contains several parts:

The evaporator in a winding coil, usually made of copper, that draws out warm air from indoors.

The condenser ia s separate coil that releases the collected heat outside. This coil is surrounded by aluminum fins to disperse the heat.

The refrigerant is a liquid that transfers heat from the evaporator to the condenser. It evaporates in the indoor coil, pulling heat out of the air, and turns back to a liquid in the condenser, releasing its heat outdoors.

The compressor is a pump that forces the refrigerant through this network of tubing and fins. This is the part of the system that uses electricity.

The best defense against failing equipment is a