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A refrigerant leak is one of the worst things that can happen to your air conditioner. If you have an older model, the chances are that the refrigerant it uses is Freon, a CFC gas that is harmful to both your health and the environment. Newer models will probably use more health and environment-friendly refrigerant, but even so, you can’t …
With the proper care and maintenance, your air conditioner will give you years of service. Unfortunately, even the best maintained AC unit can go wrong at times. Sometimes, it can be immediately obvious that there is a malfunction, like when you start to hear noises you’ve never heard before coming from your vents or outside unit, at other times, the …
Air-conditioning must be one of the greatest inventions of the previous century. Not only does it provide us with our livelihood, but it also makes our modern, urban way of life possible. Seriously, could you imagine summer in the city without air-conditioning? But, as with all progress, there are those out there who swear that air-conditioning is slowly killing us, …
Air-conditioning technology has come a long way since it was first developed, in the early part of the last century. Long gone are the days when you had to choose being kept awake all night by the clanging and clunking of your AC unit, or being kept awake all night by the heat. While modern AC units are not exactly …
Modern air-conditioners are smaller, sleeker, quieter, and more energy-efficient than ever before, but one thing hasn’t changed. Air-conditioners still produce moisture. Lots of it. Some of it is as a result of the unit dehumidifying the air, and this moisture is efficiently disposed of through the unit’s drainage system. However, more moisture is produced through condensation, and this can cause …
Summer is drawing to a close and the smell of Fall is already in the air. Now is the time to prepare for Winter and homeowners across the country are busy cleaning up their yards, putting away the barbeque and garden furniture, dragging out the pool and air conditioning unit covers. And as you watch your neighbors diligently battening down …
If you are worried about your dog overheating in the summer, or getting cold in the winter, but aren’t quite ready to open your door and let it in the house, you might want to consider getting an outdoor dog-house with air-conditioning. You can, of course, buy a ready made one but dog houses with air conditioning and heating can …
Summer is finally drawing to a close and in a few months we’ll be switching our HVAC systems from cooling to heating mode. And although spring is the season usually associated with allergies, if you suffer from them, you’ll know that winter can also be problematic for you and the millions of fellow sufferers out there. Spring is a particularly …
In 1902, Willis Carrier, a young engineer, was given an assignment. He was asked to find a way to stop the paper from being warped by heat and humidity in the warehouses of the printing press where he worked in upstate New York. He designed a machine that could both regulate the air temperature in an enclosed space and remove …
