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Posted on December 15, 2009
Filed Under Home Improvement |

Most people don?t bother moving to a new air conditioner unit until they?re sweating profusely and getting an ugly assessment from the repair person.

That?s the wrong way to do it. You really should make a move earlier than that. If you wait until your air conditioner breaks down completely, you?ve waited far too long. Why? While it was getting the job done, it was undoubtedly working way too hard to do so. What used to take X units of power to accomplish back when the system was strong may have been taking 5X units of power at the end.

The best way to handle A/C units is to make the switch as the system starts to decay and decline. If you have an air conditioner that?s more than ten years old, you need to have someone look at it right away, even if its still pumping cold air like crazy. Have them assess the base efficiency of the unit and its likely level of degradation. If you don?t get a good report, make a change.

Even if you do get a solid assessment, prepare yourself for a new air conditioner. In most cases, units that are more than ten years old are living on borrowed time. And their sucking power as they degrade.

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