| Your home's central heating and air conditioning | | | | settings, as well as your system's thermostat and |
| unit, or HVAC, is a key element in your home's | | | | all its included components. After inspection of all |
| energy consumption and comfort level. For these | | | | these elements, the technician should replace, |
| reasons, it is important to have your home's | | | | repair, tighten, adjust, and/or clean any of these |
| system routinely serviced by a professional | | | | components as needed. |
| technician. It is recommended that your it should | | | | A standard scheduled professional maintenance |
| be serviced by a qualified technician once every | | | | should also include the cleaning or replacement of |
| one or two years, depending upon your region's | | | | any air filters found in your home. The technician |
| climate and your home's size, age, etc. | | | | should lubricate all moving parts incorporated in |
| It is important to choose a qualified, dependable | | | | your home's HVAC system, as well. Freon should |
| heating and air specialist to perform any required | | | | also be added by the technician when deemed |
| maintenance of your HVAC system. Having an | | | | necessary. If needed, your unit's airflow should be |
| experienced service technician evaluate its | | | | adjusted to ensure efficient temperature rise or |
| performance is the only way to ensure that your | | | | decrease. All debris should also be removed from |
| central heating and air conditioning is running | | | | your outdoor condenser unit. |
| efficiently and safely. Keeping your home's | | | | While the heating and air service professional is at |
| system properly maintained will extend your | | | | your home, he or she should monitor the |
| equipment's life and improve the capacity the | | | | amperage and voltage draw on all motors, air |
| system can handle. Here are a few things to be | | | | conditioning and heating cycles, flue draft, and air |
| sure that your hired service technician should | | | | conditioning operating pressures to ensure proper |
| perform. | | | | refrigerant charge. |
| Any qualified service technician should thoroughly | | | | It is important to have a professional service |
| inspect your complete HVAC system. A | | | | technician perform scheduled maintenance on your |
| comprehensive inspection should be made of all | | | | home's system. Qualified A/C techs require the |
| elements including cooling coils, primary and | | | | necessary tools, skills, and experience to keep |
| secondary drains, blower components, condenser | | | | your home's A/C running efficiently, avoiding |
| coils, electrical connections, heat exchanger and | | | | costly repairs in the future. |
| burners, all safety controls, heat anticipator | | | | |