Beat the Heat This Summer with Modern AC Enhancements
When it gets hot this summer, there are a few things that could make your system last longer, be safer for your house or your family, and just be plain old convenient for your home. With today’s technology, your HVAC system doesn’t have to be so, well, old fashioned. Here are a few add-ons to bring some life to your air conditioning system.
Wi-Fi Thermostat
Homes everywhere are still equipped with old fashioned thermostats that you have to turn on and off manually. For the last several years, Wi-Fi thermostats like the Honeywell 9000 are making it much more convenient to turn on the AC. You buy the thermostat for a couple of hundred dollars, put it on the wall in place of your old one, download the app, and enjoy the ease of operating your AC from the comfort of your Lazy Boy chair in the living room. You can read more about these devices here. Heck, as long as you have connectivity, you can change the temperature of your home from Puerto Rico! This is a state-of-the-art AC enhancement.
HSK
Compressor start kits are one of the air conditioning add-ons I believe in with all of my heart. We add these devices to your outdoor AC unit. It connects to the high voltage side of the power circuit, so make sure a licensed technician does this work for you. The compressor in your outdoor unit pumps the refrigerant in your system to create cold air for your home. Next to your car engine, it’s the most challenging motor to get started in your home. I know a compressor start assist kit will not only ease the initial start-up of the motor thousands of times every summer but will add years of life to one of the most expensive appliances in your home.
Condensate Safety Switch
Some people have an HVAC system where the “cold coil” is in the attic. A myriad of errors can occur when your AC is operating that can cause a back-up of water or a clog, which eventually could overflow and send water down onto the sheetrock below it. That’s your ceiling! If you’ve ever had to repair a small portion of your ceiling because of damage, you know how hard it is to match the texture and paint. And if it’s not right, it can be a big eyesore for the homeowner.
Say you could buy some sheetrock insurance for a couple of hundred dollars…. would you do it? Then getting a condensate safety switch is the perfect air conditioning add-on for you. It’s a low voltage device that continually monitors the condensate level of your emergency drain pan in the attic. It will shut down the system preventing more water from accumulating and will alert you to call your HVAC professional. Yes, your AC won’t operate during the error, but you also won’t face possibly thousands of dollars’ worth of water damage to take care of, either.
Air Purification as an AC Enhancement
