Air Conditioning Maintenance
What Climate never underestimate the importance of a regularly maintained system; it runs efficiently, keeps costs down, leads to a longer life span and protects your valuable investment.
Maintenance for air conditioning units is also essential to uphold warranties, prevent breakdown and avoid costly repairs. An air conditioner's filters, coils, and fins require regular maintenance for the unit to function efficiently and effectively throughout its life span.
Neglecting necessary maintenance leads to a steady decline in air conditioning performance, while energy use steadily increases.
What Climate Annual Maintenance
Professional annual air conditioning maintenance helps keep systems running at optimal performance. Our well trained What Climate engineers will undertake a full health check on your systems, find and fix problems, and also take the time to identify any potential future issues. They will keep you up to date and recommend any actions needed to keep performance high.
What Climate offer multiple unit discounts or a bespoke package to suit your needs.
Benefits of regular maintenance
- Lower energy bills
- Prevent breakdowns
- Enhance performance
- Warranties are honoured
Typical maintenance visit
- Measure airflow through the evaporator coil
- Inspect electric terminals
- Clean and tighten connections
- Oil/lubricate moving parts
- Check belts for tightness and wear
- Check the accuracy of the thermostat
- Inspect and clean filters
- Unit performance check
- Inspect drainage
- Electrical tightness test
- All units are level
- Louvre operation
- Thermostat calibration
- Clean inside evaporators
- Air on/off temperatures
- Clean condenser exterior
- Remove vegetation from outdoor units
- Dust and dirt removal from fan impellors
- Lubricate moving parts
- Check condensing coil temperature
- Refrigerant gas pressures
- Examine isolators
- Check safety cut out devices
- Report defects/ any faults
We provide air conditioning maintenance services for the whole of Essex, East Anglia, and Greater London, including: Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford, Clacton on Sea, Harwich, Witham, London, Basildon, Brentwood, Norwich, Cambridge, Luton and Stevenage.
Air Conditioning Filters
One of the most important routine maintenance tasks for the efficiency of your air conditioning unit is to clean or replace its filters. Blocked, dirty filters have a huge impact on restricting normal airflow and restrict the system's efficiency greatly.
With normal airflow obstructed, the air that can no longer travel through the filter will gather directly into the evaporator coil and impair the coil's ability to absorb heat.
Replacing a clogged filter with a clean one will certainly lower your air conditioner's energy consumption. Some types of filters can be used more than once, others must be replaced. They are available in different varieties and efficiencies.
Replacement or cleaning of an air conditioning system's filter can sometimes be needed every two or three months during the summer season. Filters may need more frequent attention if the air conditioning is in constant use and is subjected to dusty conditions.
Evaporator and Condensing Coils
The air conditioning unit's indoor evaporator and external condenser coil collect dirt over months and years of usage. A clean/new filter prevents the evaporator coil from soiling quickly. In time, however, the evaporator coil will still collect dirt. This dirt reduces airflow and covers the coil, reducing its ability to absorb heat. Avoiding this problem is achievable by checking your evaporator coil annually and cleaning it as necessary.
Outdoor condenser coils can also become dirty if the outdoor environment is dusty or if there is foliage nearby. You can easily see the condenser coil and notice if dirt is collecting on its fins.
You should actively try to reduce dirt and debris near the condenser unit from things like falling leaves and general rubbish build up. Cleaning the area around the coil, removing any debris, weeds, and foliage back a suitable distance to allow for adequate airflow around the condenser.
Care of Aluminium Coil Fins
The aluminum fins on the condenser and evaporator coils are easily damaged and can restrict airflow through the coil. Care must be taken to ensure these stay in optimal condition and free from damage. What Climate can offer a range of protective cages for the external units, should security or vandalism be an issue.
Drainage for Condensate
Having clean unrestricted drainage is another important factor in the regular upkeep of an air conditioning unit and something that is always checked on regular maintenance. Pumps that remove condensate are tested, and gravity-fed drains routinely for blockages. Clogged drains can lead to a unit overspilling and the resulting excess moisture can stain walls or flooring.