Saving Money On Cooling Everyday!

Your AC Filter
Clean or replace your AC filter every month. A dirty filter makes your AC work harder, which uses more electricity. Your home improvement store sells permanent filters which you can wash with a garden hose so you don't have to replace the filter each month.

Your Ceiling Fan
Make sure your fan is blowing DOWN, to send air past your body, removing the hot air that surrounds your body. If your fan is blowing up, it won't do any good.  In fact, it's worse than no fan, because it moves the warm air at the ceiling back down towards the living area.

It's true that a fan that blows down also pushes the warmer air down from the ceiling into the living area, but it's blowing even warmer air away from your body, so the overall effect is to cool you down.

A New Unit with Higher SEER
As of Jan. 2006, AC's must have a SEER of at least 13, although they go as high as 19. Both the inside and outside units should be a similar SEER for best efficiency.

Have Aaron’s Mechanical Services Check Your Ducts For Leaks
Tests in different areas have shown that the average home loses 27% of its heating or cooling from leaky ducts. And over 86% of homes had ducts which lost more than 10%. Leaking ducts and insufficient insulation meant that the average home used 162 kWh/mo. extra electricity per month or 18% more than normal. This is an extra $233 a year at average electrical rates.

Doors and Window Seals
You'll pay a lot more to cool your home when the cold air easily escapes. Do-it-yourself weather stripping for doors and caulk for windows is easy to install, and cheap. Also make sure to caulk around the holes where pipes go into the wall under sinks.

Also, close the damper to the fireplace when you're not using it -- otherwise, cool air will escape through the damper.

Let Aaron’s Mechanical Services help you save money on your heating and cooling costs.  When you need repairs in our hot weather call us for fast and fair AC Repair!  Give us a quick call at 623-388-4436.

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