Late August: a time of back-to-school sales and some pretty bad movies getting dropped into theaters. It\u2019s also a time when your air conditioner is going to face the hardest fight of the year. It\u2019s the true \u201cdanger zone\u201d for air conditioning equipment, as we\u2019ll explain.<\/p>\n
You probably put your home\u2019s AC to work in May\u2014and there have probably been very few days since when it didn\u2019t run for hours at a time. With our hot and humid climate, an air conditioner has to put in a great deal of work to maintain comfort for a home.<\/p>\n
The end of August is the time when all that strain and stress can catch up to the system. Even with regular maintenance, an AC isn\u2019t immune to suffering from malfunctions at this point of the year, especially for a system that\u2019s more than 10 years old. The high moisture levels in the air also contribute to the strain on the system.<\/p>\n
High levels of wear and tear on an air conditioner can mean mechanical and electrical failures. Motors that burn out as they overheat, compressors becoming tight and struggling to start up, and failing capacitors. Another common issue is dirt along the outdoor evaporator coil, which will trap too much heat in the system and seriously impair its ability to cool down a home.<\/p>\n