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How to keep your aircon from failing

Jason Gebert • Nov 05, 2019

"But when it’s actually WARMER inside than it is outside, it can be a pretty devastating situation."

One factor that can ruin a warm wet seasons day in Darwin is a failing air conditioner. Your house is usually the cool place you relax when you’ve had enough of the heat outdoors. But when it’s actually WARMER inside than it is outside, it can be a pretty devastating situation. This calls for an air conditioning repair technician, and you’ve got better things to do than wait for your AC to get fixed this time of year. So, how can you avoid an air conditioner failure and take full advantage of your wet season? The key to stopping a failure and the avoidable air conditioning service appointment is to be proactive! Instead of an emergency air conditioning repair, it's best to arrange preventive maintenance?

A preventive AC maintenance tune-up performed by the technicians at Advanced Air is your first and soundest line of defence against many problems that can end in AC failure—and the resulting miserable build-up days. We’ll check that everything is operating as it should and check for things that could be possible problems later on. We’ll take care of those potential problems before they grow into expensive problems that leave you in the sweltering heat of this sweat season.

Some other things you can do to help keep your air conditioner operating as it should are:

Repeatedly checking and cleaning your air filters to keep air flowing efficiently through your unit.
Ensuring your AC equipment isn’t blocked by any plant life or debris.  The harder your AC has to work, the less efficient it’ll be—and the more likely it’ll be to break down prematurely.
Before things heat up this summer, call Advanced Air to make sure your AC is ready for the challenge! 
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