How often should an air conditioner be maintained?

Whether split, central, mini split or portable, the air conditioner, like many other electrical appliances in our home, requires preventive maintenance to ensure its proper functioning.

Whether split, central, mini split or portable, the air conditioner, like many other electrical appliances in our home, requires preventive maintenance to ensure its proper functioning.
Summer is coming and with it the high temperatures. This is why it is very important to be sure that our air conditioning works properly, regularly maintaining it well. Regardless of whether the air is in a home, office or even refrigeration cellars, preventive maintenance is essential to preserve and extend the useful life of our appliance.

The recommended time to maintain an air conditioner is approximately every 6 months. But this time varies according to the place, the climate and other factors that we must take into account to know exactly the appropriate time for maintenance.
We must first of all know well the environment where the air conditioning is located and also what use it is being used, that is pay attention to how long the air conditioner stays on per day.

3 to 5 hours of use. (Little use)
From 5 to 8 hours of use. (Average usage)
More than 8 hours of use. (Much use)
It stays on. (Excessive use).

The above, because with use, the air conditioning accumulates dirt in the internal filter, the coil, the external filter, the turbines, and we must even check the pressure of the refrigerant gas. In the event that this refrigerant gas is low, it is important that you bear in mind that not only must it be recharged, but also that we must verify that there is no leak in the system. Because there is no point trying to inflate a flat tire, right?

Some of the consequences of the lack of maintenance are the loss of general performance of the system. Another, and which is closely linked, is that the equipment begins to freeze or stop cooling the air.

So if the use that you give to your air conditioning is a low use that goes from 3 to 5 hours, it is advisable to do at least a minimum preventive maintenance every 6 months.

When we give an average use to an air conditioner using it between 5 and 8 hours a day, we must do a minimum maintenance every 3 months.

If the use that you give to your air conditioning is excessive, it is recommended to do a minimum maintenance every 2 months or every month. This way we guarantee the correct functioning of our appliance and we also prolong its useful life and, more importantly, we take care of our health, that of our family or that of our employees.

You ask yourself: What does health and air conditioning has to do with it? Actually it has a lot to do with it, to understand it better we must first know how an air conditioning system works.

Conclusions:

If the use of your air conditioning is little or average, do a minimum preventive maintenance every 6 months.
If the use is enough or excessive, we recommend that you maintain it more often, at least every 3 months.

Important:

If the use that you give to your air conditioning is very little, we remind you that the maximum time that an air conditioning can spend without maintenance is 2 years. You should never let more than this time go by for maintenance, since we will be putting the entire appliance at risk for something that perhaps costs very little money and is very simple to fix.

At Family Air we are experts in air conditioners, if you need help for maintenance or installation of your equipment, contact us and we will be happy to help you.

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