{"id":1406,"date":"2021-03-08T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2021-03-04T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:01:13","slug":"march-means-time-think-about-ac-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/march-means-time-think-about-ac-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"March Means It\u2019s Time to Think About AC Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioning-getting-cleaned-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"AC-technician-maintenance\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioning-getting-cleaned-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioning-getting-cleaned-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/air-conditioning-getting-cleaned.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you\u2019ve lived in Colorado Springs through at least one winter season, you know that the arrival of March is no guarantee that the weather will just keep getting warmer as we move into spring. Nonetheless, it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the right time to think about your air conditioning system. You may not need to run the AC for a while yet, but now is when you should start getting it prepared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you do that? By scheduling <\/span><a href=\"\/maintenance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">air conditioning maintenance in Colorado Springs, CO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with our technicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><b>Does this need to be done every year?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, if you want to get the best performance and longest service life from your AC. We assume you do. Nobody wants an air conditioner that costs more to run, loses cooling power, has extra repair problems, breaks down frequently, and then expires years early. You don\u2019t invest in central cooling to have all that go wrong. You deserve to have an AC you can rely on to run when you need it and not unnecessarily drain your pocketbook\u2014and you want to delay replacing it for as many years as you can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintenance is the best way to assure you receive the all-around best from your central air conditioning system. It isn\u2019t a guarantee that the air conditioning system will run the best it can all the time, but it\u2019s the closest thing to a guarantee. And we can guarantee the air conditioner will run <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without maintenance. The wear and tear placed on the unit will see to that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What exactly does maintenance <\/b><b><i>do<\/i><\/b><b> for my AC?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plenty! We can\u2019t speak for all contractors, but we can speak for our own maintenance program, the Residential Energy Savings Agreement, and our skilled technicians. We have thorough procedures we go through when we come to your house for AC maintenance. We carefully inspect the unit and handle a range of tune-ups, adjustments, and cleanings. Here is only a small sample of what we do with your AC:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the refrigerant pressure. This alerts us to any leaks in the refrigerant lines, which will threaten the whole AC if allowed to continue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean and adjust the blower components. The blower does a huge amount of work for the AC because it\u2019s what sends air through the unit and then into the ductwork to the rooms. The blower needs to be in top condition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tighten electrical connections. The majority of repairs for an AC are electrical; this tune-up step can head off many of them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjust thermostat calibration so you\u2019ll know the thermostat is reading temperatures in the house accurately.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean the condenser coil, which is the outside refrigerant coil that releases the heat drawn from the house.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean the condensate drain. Problems with this drain contribute to many AC shutdowns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lubricate all moving parts\u2014mainly the motors\u2014to lower friction and prevent motor burnout.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s much more, and you\u2019ll also receive special membership benefits. The short of it is that you\u2019ll have an AC in great shape before the summer comes, and you\u2019ll spend less money on the extra expenses that come with an AC that\u2019s not in great shape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Schedule your air conditioning maintenance this month!<\/b><\/a><b> Robbins Heating &amp; Air Conditioning serves Colorado Springs and the surrounding area.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintenance is the best way to assure you receive the all-around best from your central air conditioning system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[92,89],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robbinsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}