Professional Air Conditioner Services in Reading

Top Signs Your Air Conditioner Needs to Be Repaired

Having a broken AC in the summer is the last thing that you want to deal with. You might feel like you can fix it yourself. Keep in mind that a professional company will have the experience to make your repair promptly. And, you will save a lot of your own time and aggravation. Below is a listing of common air conditioning repairs that our technicians encounter.

Does Your House Or Air Conditioner Have Electricity?

Believe it or not, we get two or three calls from homeowners every year where we show up only to find out that the house and maybe even the entire block has no electricity. In these situations, homeowners are embarrassed. Also, they are not pleased when they get charged for a service call. To avoid this circumstance, make sure to check that your a/c unit has electricity.

Rapidly Increasing Electric Expenses

Does it seem like your electricity expenses are constantly rising? Do you seem to get more costly electric bills with every summer? While electricity costs typically go up instead of down, the increases should not be terribly dramatic. If your energy bills seem out of control, the odds are strong that your central air conditioning system is at least partially responsible.

Unequal Cooling

Do areas in your house motivate you to remain in different parts of the home given that they are more comfy? Are there rooms in your house that don't seem to get cool whatsoever? Irregular cooling is a clear sign of inefficient air conditioning system operation. Areas of your home that are exposed to direct sunlight or that on upper floors may get hotter than other areas. However, an efficient central air conditioning system should still be able to make them comfortable.

Frequent Cycling On And Off

An air conditioner or heat pump that is cycling off and instantly back on or cycling off and on every 10 seconds is abnormal and is likely to damage the equipment. To stop further issues, we recommend that the air conditioner be turned off. Generally this issue is caused by a faulty control board or relay problem.

Strange Sounds Come From Your Air Conditioner

Of the various weird sounds an AC can make, rattling is among the most common. We have often make service calls for rattling air conditioning. If you start hearing your air conditioner rattle, contact us, and we will get right out to you to discover what the trouble is and fix it before it becomes bigger trouble.

Other sources of sound problems are loose panels. This is the simplest explanation for a rattling sound. At times the panels on the cabinet housing the condenser or the evaporator will become dislodged as a result of screws that have worked loose or weren't screwed tight enough after the panel was opened. Before thinking about other issues, make sure the panels are secure.

Debris also causes odd noises. The unit should be kept as clean as possible. But if the air filter becomes clogged, or the outdoor unit does not have a clear area around it, then dirt, gravel, leaves, sticks, and other small items can enter the cabinet and start getting knocked around. When this happens, a repair service should be called as soon as possible. Debris can damage air conditioning parts. Therefore, it is a good idea to find out how the debris got in to prevent it from occurring again.