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Routine Maintenance

To ensure peak performance, your heating or air conditioning system must be properly maintained. Clogged filters and blocked airflow prevent your unit from operating at its most efficient level.

Boston Environmental can help maintain your unit with prompt, courteous and professional service.

Before the start of each cooling season, the following air conditioning service checks should be performed by a qualified technician. As always, electrical power to the unit must be turned off prior to any unit maintenance.

• The outdoor condenser coil and indoor evaporator coil should be inspected and cleaned. The outdoor condenser coil may be flushed with a water hose.

• The refrigerant lines should be visually inspected and the coils should be checked for leaks.

• Wiring should be checked for loose connections.

• Voltage must be checked at the indoor and outdoor units (units operating).

• The amp-draw at the condenser fan motor and indoor blower motor should be checked. Values should be compared with those given on unit nameplate.

• Indoor unit filters should be cleaned or replaced.

• The refrigerant charge should be checked and system pressures should be gauged.

• The condensate drain line should be checked for free and unobstructed flow and it should be cleaned, if necessary.

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Energy Tips

Ask Boston Environmental Service Tech to show you were your indoor unit's filter is located. It will be either at the indoor unit (installed internal or external to the cabinet) or behind a return air grille in the wall or ceiling.

• Check the filter monthly and clean or replace it as needed.

• Disposable filters should be replaced with a filter of the same type and size. If you are unsure about the filter you need for your system, call B.E. for assistance.

• If you have an outdoor unit, it is very important to provide unrestricted airflow to it. Leaves, trash or shrubs crowding the unit cause it to work harder and use more energy. Keep shrubbery trimmed away from the unit and periodically check for debris which may have collected around it.

• Finally, another effective method of saving energy is to set your thermostat at a comfortable temperature and then leave it set at that temperature throughout the day. Adjusting the thermostat so the unit does not operate while you are not home, and then turning it down in an attempt to cool your house when you arrive home, may overwork your air conditioner and actually cost more on your electric bill.

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Favorite Links

Click on the following links to go to more Web sites you may want to visit. To return to Boston Environmental, just close the window on your browser until you see this page...

Visit the Lennox^® home page to learn more about their heating and cooling systems.

Visit the Trane^® home page to learn more about their heating and cooling systems.

Visit the Carrier^® home page to learn more about their heating and cooling systems.

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