{"id":598,"date":"2022-08-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2022-08-22T06:56:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:56:44","slug":"how-help-ac-through-late-summer-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/how-help-ac-through-late-summer-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Help Your AC Make It Through the Late Summer Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you\u2019ve ever looked at your air conditioning when it\u2019s running during a heat wave and thought, \u201cWow, it\u2019s doing a lot of work\u2014how can it hold up without overheating?\u201d then you\u2019re one step ahead. People often take their home air conditioning systems for granted and assume they can just run them as much as they want without serious trouble. Sure, electric bills will go up, but if they can afford it, what\u2019s the problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there are problems with running the AC without mercy\u2014such as an AC that overheats and needs to be replaced! You don\u2019t have to sacrifice your comfort to give your air conditioner a break; you only need to know some important tips. Below we\u2019ll look at ways you can help your air conditioner survive this late summer heat without running into an AC breakdown or a need for air conditioning repair in Mansfield, LA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Maintenance\u2014do it if you haven\u2019t already this year!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is the most important piece of advice for keeping your AC in good shape and running for many years. Your AC needs professional maintenance annually to clean, adjust, and tune it up. Missing maintenance allows strain and age to get an early hold on the air conditioner. We recommend spring for air conditioning maintenance, but if you missed it, it\u2019s not too late. It\u2019s much better to have maintenance done later than to skip it entirely. Call us today and ask about our Proactive Savings Agreement to take care of regular maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep the thermostat at a steady, higher temperature<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t push the thermostat lower and lower when the heat rises\u2014this won\u2019t cool your home down faster and it places excessive strain on the compressor as it has to run for longer. Instead, aim for the highest indoor temperature you find comfortable and leave it there during the day. We recommend aiming for 78\u00b0F. At night, raise the thermostat by 8\u00b0F from the daytime setting. If you have to keep adjusting the thermostat throughout the day for comfort, it often indicates the AC has a repair problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change the air filter regularly<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Have you changed your AC\u2019s air filter yet this summer? If not, then it\u2019s almost certainly overdue for it. This filter needs to be changed for a clean one every one to three months. If a dirty filter is left in place, it makes the AC fight to draw in air for it to cool. Dirty air filters are a major cause of air conditioning systems overheating\u2014and it\u2019s an easy problem to prevent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear the outdoor cabinet and clean it<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The outdoor cabinet of the HVAC system, the condenser, is where the air conditioner releases the heat it pulled out of the air in the home. If the condenser doesn\u2019t have enough space around it to exhaust this heat, or if the condenser coils have gotten too dirty, more heat will get trapped in the AC and lead to it overheating. We recommend you check around the cabinet to see if any debris and plants are cleared away, and then wash down the cabinet with a hose under gentle pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moon\u2019s Air has provided whole-home comfort since 1971. <\/strong>Call us for service today\u2014it\u2019s good to be Mooned!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below we\u2019ll look at ways you can help your air conditioner survive this late summer heat without running into an AC breakdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[14,100,93],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-service","tag-air-conditioning-replacement","tag-air-conditioning-system-repair","tag-mansfield"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}