Ways to improve Air conditioning Efficiency
Air conditioning is not just a luxury, but a necessity in summers. But what we do when our AC will not work efficiently as before? In this hard time, people are searching for heavy weightage solutions to lower their expenses and repair most of the items on their own. In this article, you will get to know air conditioner efficiency tips to reduce breakdown, save money, and extend the lifespan of the AC system.
The Air Conditioner’s Efficiency stands for the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio, which is the ratio of the amount of produced cooling divided with the amount of energy(watts) used in the process. So the big question is how to use air conditioner effectively to save money and electricity?
When it comes to the season of heat and humidity we all get worried about the usage of electricity the more consumption of electricity gets held the more amount we have to pay in bills. Anyway, younger people are still somehow able to manage, but when it comes to the old age, disable or even not so disabled but average class peoples, it becomes very necessary the know the, how to increase the efficiency of window air conditioner and the way to cure, well here are some tips that will help you guys to make things easier for the daily life problems.
1. Use a filter and vacuum indoors vents:
To make both of your heaters and AC work properly there are two most important things to do. you need to install high-quality air filter inside so that problems occurred with clogging dirt in the air filters can be reduced, in other hand vacuuming vents will help in the flow of fresh air.
The debris and dust mostly get stuck around vent opening and air filters inside AC which blocks airflow becomes an obstacle for the quality and efficiency of it, changing air filters can reduce maintenance cost and your time too. You may also prevent open areas, to block dirty air from outdoors, and seal up the entering.
2. Keep your condenser and registers clean:
Having an up-to-date Air conditioner is not just a luxury to show but also a good scheme of saving, even if the sales are high but it will still help you with maintenance. Older versions get less efficient over time, so using them will somehow cost you more than necessary. But knowing your investments will help you in their maintenance too.
Start with searching all the supply and return vents, look all over behind the furniture and carpet that there is no other vent or registers left where dust is blocked.
Rearrange your settings. Take out all the grills with the help of a screwdriver and wash them with water and soap, carefully wipe and vacuum before reinstalling it, a lot of dust and debris in the chamber can cause your Air conditioner repair big trouble such as; duct leaks and HVAC problems, so if you notice such contact professional without any delay.
If you have a central air outdoor AC, then you need to worry about the health of condenser too, tree leaves and debris may fall, and clog around it, that dissipate heat efficiency and lead towards efficiency less system.
3.Reduce heat effects on AC efficiency:
Using equipment like oven and dryer can be seen as the biggest threat to cooling and contributors to heat. By using fan you can adjust cooling or thermostat without any comfort change and helps in cutting cooling cost by up to 14%, equally distribute the cooling in circulatory motion to avoid all air pooling on the floor.
Thermo stating according to the weather will not only help inefficiency but also can be reliable and affordable, in the meantime when winter arrives you can increase the temperature and lower the thermostat to decrease the heating costs.
Changing the settings of your electronic devices that cause heat, from nearest to the AC to a little far from it can make it work more efficiently and reduce overshooting. It will help to use heating appliances as less as you can in warmer seasons and as much as you can in the winter season to reduce the amount of time that Ac runs in.
4.Design your home according to the weather:
Adding shade in designing houses will help your air conditioner work efficiently, in my best suggestion you should design your landscaping and home in a style so that you can get shade in the summers and sunlight in the winters.
Most of the people decorate their homes surrounded by trees, it is more popular these days, however ‘The Arbor day foundation’ declared that surrounded by trees from the west, east, and the northwest area will bring soothing ness of shades in your house.
Especially when you have an outdoor Air Conditioner unit you can also use the method of Cold Storage Warehouse Design to reduce summer conditioning cost as much as 40%.>
It will help to block warm sun rays that can affect your air conditioner and repair or service of worn-out parts can be costly when it comes to the parts affected by direct contact of increased temperature. To make your Air conditioner work harder you need to maintain the balance of temperature by constructing your house nature friendly without blocking airflow to ensure long-lasting, smooth, and efficient operation of all unit parts.
5. Make your home temperature less by shielding:
Making your house less warm in summers is a huge target for many people and doing that will make your Air conditioner work more efficient and will drain less electricity. The first step for that is to find blackout curtains, shades, drapes, you can use window films too, to block the heat that passes through windows.
Remember when you are covering your windows do not forget to seal all air leaks for better shielding effect against heat coming from outside through warm air inside, for this, you can look over all the vents and pipes that go inside and chimneys and fill the gap between them so that there will be no leakage of cold air or incomings of warm air or heat. These upgraded living styles with converted windows and no air leak design will save your money at a very certain level.
6.Operate Your Thermostat Successfully:
Some of the thermostat savings tips are given below that can lead you to save a high amount of energy,
- In the summers you need to set your thermostat as high as comfortably possible because only a little bit of difference between outdoor and indoor temperature can help low your Air conditioner bill.
- For keeping your bill on saver mode you have to maintain the balance of outdoor and indoor temperature. You need to keep your house warmer when you do not require additional cooling or away from home. Keeping thermostat lower than 24°C only when you require cooling. To operate your thermostat more conveniently working and saving energy do look at the energy saver stars on the product.
- Always putting your thermostat on a lower temp will not help your home make it cooler or cool faster else it will cause your money loss cause it will take more and more energy to work continuously. So it is better if you just avoid regulating more than usual to save unnecessary expenses.
Also Read:- Five Things You Should Avoid To Keep Your Air Conditioner Safe.
7.Annual maintenance and manufacturer recommendations:
Using a new or even the older cooling appliance both need hands-on maintenance to improve their efficiency and to make them work with the same accuracy and without fault is compulsory to getting onto regular preventive maintenance. Scheduling these maintenances may cost you a bit but it will save you from the upcoming replacement of damaged parts, which will surely help in increasing their lifespan too.
As you know that in the weather of summer we use the air conditioner more often than usual, hence many manufacturers recommend for tuning your cooling appliance once in a year. The season of spring is the most popular season for servicing and maintaining professionally before summer comes it helps to prevent the emergency breakdowns caused by heat and the work that had done continuously by the machine units.
Conclusion
Having a good quality Air conditioner is just not something that you should have but the necessity of knowing how to maintain your Air conditioner in good condition is also a big deal these days. According to HVAC service agents, people spend more than the actual cost of their cooling Appliance on their repair cost, due to low maintenance and this low maintenance cost them with high bills of electricity. You can get more out of your cooling system and reduce your costs just by improving their efficiency by following the above points.