Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Save the Environment with Air Conditioning Repair


Today’s world dictates that air conditioning is an incremental need. It also means that air conditioning repair is part of that need. It is an instrument of comfort and yes, of health, and even the lower middle class finds it necessary to have a fully functioning air conditioning system in their home and one way of keeping the equilibrium is through the help of your Tampa AC repair vendor.

However, the co-existence of man and ACs still needs to achieve a certain balance—meaning that we still need to consider its effect to the natural environment. Since the mid-1980s, commercial and small air conditioning systems have undergone a transition from using ozone depleting compounds, including chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), to low and no-ozone depleting compounds, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Ammonia and absorption are also being used, to a lesser extent. This has given more and more AC repair vendors to adjust their methods and services in order to help the push for a better environment.

Because of their excellent refrigerant properties and low chemical reactivity, CFCs were initially used in large chillers. HCFCs were used in smaller room and roof-top air conditioning units. Today, mixtures including R-407C and R-410A have been introduced to replace HCFC-22 in small machines, and hydrocarbons are used in some new equipment. Chillers can use HCFC-123, HFC-134a, HFC-410A, HCFC-22 and ammonia. Long term, HCFCs will phase out under the Montreal Protocol. Absorption can also be used, which employs different technology. All new equipment today is essentially sealed; the high containment integrity minimizes refrigerant loss.

Replacement of CFC air conditioning systems worldwide with new, high efficiency chillers is saving billions of kilowatt hours annually, and corresponding millions of tons of electricity derived CO2.1

In relation to the environment and more eco-friendly compounds to make ACs function as they should, it is also important that we maintain and regularly subject out units to professional air conditioning repair in order to really advocate the peaceful coexistence of ACs and man. One has to remember that a dysfunctional air conditioning unit can also result to damage to the environment.

For instance, an AC unit that doesn’t give off cool air pushes the owner to switch to higher gear, which means greater consumption of energy. An air conditioning repair shop and vendor in Tampa states that this type of damage can increase your energy consumption by 2%. In this circumstance, you can take your unit to the AC repair shop and have them check the compressor. This air conditioning repair service will only cost you around $50.

The air conditioning repair shop can also check for the Freon levels on you unit. ACs with low Freon units tend to release more CO2 in the air so as you have your compressors checked, have your Freon levels looked at as well.

AC repair is also called for if the unit itself turns on and off without warning. This could mean faulty wiring which could mean two things—potential fire hazard and irregular energy consumption. One Tampa AC repair shop recommends taking your unit immediately to the air conditioning repair shop. Faulty wiring could cause a lot of damage to the unit’s major parts, which could result to total damage. And of course, faulty wiring could also mean electrical surges toward the unit. This is an example of wasting valuable energy. It is also a potential danger to you and your family, in the long run.


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922 E. 124th Ave., Suite E,
Tampa, FL. 33612
(813) 979-4208

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