{"id":1198,"date":"2015-07-20T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2015-07-17T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T13:53:00","slug":"is-your-air-conditioner-underperforming-schedule-a-maintenance-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/is-your-air-conditioner-underperforming-schedule-a-maintenance-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Air Conditioner Underperforming? Schedule a Maintenance Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Odds are, your air conditioner has been running pretty consistently for a few weeks. Have you started to notice that it seems to be underperforming? We aren\u2019t talking about hearing strange noises or having noticeably higher energy bills, but more of a \u201cit\u2019s not doing quite what it should be.\u201d A great way to remedy this and get your system back on track is by scheduling a maintenance appointment for your system.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Why Maintenance?<\/h3>\n<p>If you are experiencing underperformance, it is likely that your system hasn\u2019t been maintained in the last 12 months. Even if it has, dust, dirt and debris can all have a negative effect on your system. During a maintenance appointment, your system isn\u2019t just given a quick visual inspection; it\u2019s given a full tune-up that\u2019s designed to improve its overall performance. Some of the tasks completed during a routine maintenance appointment are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleaning of your system, including the components<\/li>\n<li>Thorough inspection of the unit and its components<\/li>\n<li>Adjusting of any components that may have shifted<\/li>\n<li>Lubrication of all moving parts<\/li>\n<li>Checks of the system, including refrigerant levels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Performance testing<\/h3>\n<p>All of these tasks allow you and your system to gain the benefits needed to work optimally throughout the summer months. These benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better energy efficiency \u2013 when your system has to work with the wear and tear of seasons past, it will struggle; the attention your system gets during a maintenance appointment allows it to work as efficiently as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Helps prevent repairs \u2013 the reason your technician thoroughly inspects your system is to check for any existing problems; if they are small, they can be attended to during the appointment, and if they are large, you\u2019ll be alerted so that you can arrange to have the issue fixed.<\/li>\n<li>Better comfort \u2013 maintenance keeps your system in good working order; this means it will have no trouble reaching your set temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The experts at DuAll Heating &amp; Cooling are here to help you with all of your air conditioning needs, including <a href=\"\/maintenance-savings-plan\" target=\"_blank\">maintenance<\/a>. Give us a call today and schedule maintenance for your AC in Bolingbrook, IL.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odds are, your air conditioner has been running pretty consistently for a few weeks. Have you started to notice that it seems to be underperforming?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[38,161],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duallheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}