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Year after year, you are inundated with new home air conditioning ads promising more than reality can deliver. You get these ads from just about every new contractor on the block and you keep getting them because those contractors go out of business and another new contractor pops up to replace them. You get these ads promising the world for free in the newspaper and in direct mail.

Your AC service history should include solving AC problems like this dirty evaporator coil.

We have all heard these sales ads. This kind of AC news is old service history. I’m a skeptic and when I read “free home air conditioning” I automatically think “free home air conditioning” means “free quote for home air conditioning.” It turns out that my idea of “free home air conditioning” and his idea of “free home air conditioning” didn’t mean the same thing.

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Are you as tired as I am of false home air conditioning advertising claims.

How much does it cost to fix a broken air central conditioner unit or broken central air conditioner heat pump?

“Free home air conditioning” doesn’t hold true to a homeowner when that homeowner you’re trying to sell this “free home air conditioning” to was a mathematics major in college. Yes, I was a math major in college (actually a double major-math and computer science). His math was based on unrealistic air conditioning usage and unrealistic air conditioning electricity rate hikes combined with phony bottled water savings.

That was then and the norm was 10 SEER and high efficiency air conditioning was 11 to 12 SEER. That same contractor is still putting on the same charade today. It must work at least some of the time.

This is what typically breaks down in home air conditioning systems. These are your home forced air heating problems.

Fixing a broken A/C system is easily. Making sure that your air conditioner won't break down again takes a little more skill.

When does “free home air conditioning” really mean “free home air conditioning”?

Turn the clock ahead 10 years and the average older home air conditioning system has an efficiency somewhere around 6 SEER. SEER is the seasonal energy efficiency ratio. It is a ratio that compares the amount of electricity used to the btu output. BTU is british thermal units and is the standard unit of measure for air conditioning and heating. A Ton of air conditioning is 12,000 btu’s. This references the amount of heat needed to melt 1 ton of ice (2,000 lbs) in a 24 hour period. Gotta love them English for inches, feet pounds and ton’s. Probably the easiest way to think about SEER is to compare it to miles per gallon. The higher the SEER number, the fewer trips to the gas station; or the lower the electricity bill overpayment each month.

I do need to get a little technical when explaining “free home air conditioning”. I know when I start explaining this to other contractors across the nation I see their eyes kinda roll back and get a little glossy, so I’ll keep this short.

Yes, you can have “free home air conditioning”, but it will cost you a little up front. Oxymoron?

The home air conditioner federal standards changed in January 2006 and the minimum home air conditioner SEER that can be made and installed is a 13 SEER. There are now home air conditioning systems whose efficiencies can reach up to 20+ SEER making the use of home air conditioners much more affordable. There is a considerable amount of home air conditioner mislabeling going on by the manufacturers, so be careful. When a unit is labeled “High Efficiency”, it does not mean it is high efficiency. That is not an industry term that is defined so it is meaningless. 13 and 14 SEER machines are average home air conditioners. These home air conditioning systems are minimum SEER and only a single step above minimum SEER, yet many manufacturers label them with the High Efficiency tag. Make sure that you find out the SEER of the home air conditioning that your contractor will be installing for your home. Using a lower SEER can cost you a lot of money during those hot summer months.

Home air conditioning SEER rating can also be used to obtain the Btu of cooling output during a typical cooling season day divided by the total amount of energy consumed in watts.

SEER = BTU ÷ Watts

For example, a 60000 Btu air conditioning unit (5 Ton), with a SEER of 6, operating for a total of 1200 hours during an annual cooling season (Southern California average) would provide an annual total cooling output of:

60000 Btu × 1200 = 72,000,000 Btu of home air conditioning on average during the year

With a SEER of 6, the annual electrical energy usage in watts would be about:

72,000,000 Btu ÷ 6 = 12,000,000 Watts (this is watts used for the entire year)

How much are you overpaying the electric company each month?

If the electrical charge per watt is 14 cents (it can go as high as 33 cents) the bill for the home air conditioner would be $1680 for the year. This home air conditioning dollar amount does not include the indoor fan motor and that home air conditioning fan motor must be added into the equation to figure the true total amount. (hint…use variable speed technology and save)

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Most home air conditioning systems that are changed out are 10-15 years old. An average home air conditioning system that receives a regular yearly maintenance can lose upwards of a ¼ SEER each year due to ordinary wear and tear. A home air conditioner can lose much more than that if grime, dirt and debris are allowed to go unchecked. Combine this with loose ducting (35% of all lost home air conditioning btus are lost through the ducting according to EPA studies) and improper Freon charging techniques (according to studies about 90% of home air conditioning systems are not charged correctly with Freon) and you have an average home air conditioning system achieving an efficiency of about 6 SEER.

Can you save enough money on your heating and cooling bill to pay for a home air conditioner and does this mean the you’ll get a free home air conditioning system?

Using the same figures above we can calculate out a predicted savings in electrical use using this formula:

This assumes that the home air conditioning electric bill rates will stay the same each year. That is not ever going to happen and scheduled rate increases are always in the works. The electric companies ask for increases, usually multiple times a year, and often receive them. Let us assume a 5% annual electric rate increase with the starting rate of 14 cents per kilowatt. This zooms the savings on a 20 SEER home air conditioning system up to $14,791.57 in utility savings over the next ten years.

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There is more…and no, it doesn’t have anything to do with water conditioning

What about home air conditioning repairs? Would it be safe to say that you will pay on average at least $200 a year in home air conditioning repairs for your existing system? Some years your old home air conditioner would not breakdown and other years your home air conditioning might breakdown more than once. The cost to keep your old home air conditioning running could be substantial. As these units get older they do tend to break down more often.

Your savings start to escalate here…

…because every system that we install comes with a free 10 years parts and labor guarantee that states just so long as we are allowed to maintain your unit each year we will not let you pay a single penny in repairs. This guarantee is in writing on your agreement. Doesn’t that mean that you will save another $200 a year in repairs for the next 10 years? Doesn’t that add another $2,000 in savings?

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That is now $16,791.57 in savings. Sometimes “Free air conditioning” means “free air conditioning”.

What about your rebates?

There is a $1,500 tax incentive and a $200 gas company rebate currently active encouraging you to replace your home air conditioning system now. Add those savings to your new home air conditioning and the amount jumps to…

$18,491.57 for a “Free air conditioning Ultimate system”

There is still more…

What about your gas savings on the new furnace? These Ultimate systems require a special furnace. Did you know that if you are currently running a standing pilot furnace it could be as low as 60% AFUE. AFUE stands for annual fuel utilization efficiency. AFUE is directly compared to money. A forced air furnace that has a 60% AFUE means that for every one hundred dollars of gas burned by that furnace, forty dollars of it is vented to the outside via the flue pipe.

How do you feel about walking over to your thermostat and turning the dial up to forty dollars wasted through your chimney?

You are only going to save a couple of hundred dollars a year in gas usage with a high efficiency home heater, but we need to add this in to the equation to find out the true cost of your new home air conditioning system and to find out whether or not this new home air conditioning system is really a “free home air conditioner”. $200 a year savings on a new home heater at 10 years usage is another $2,000 in savings. Your new home air conditioning ultimate system could save you about…

$20,491.57 over 10 years.

So, just what are you waiting for? Replace that old, worn out dangerous hunk of old air conditioning and heating system now and start saving $2,000 a year. If your home air conditioning system is more than 10 years old, you should replace it whether or not it’s broken, whether or not it’s running and whether or not it does a good job. You need to replace it now because your utility overpayments are going to pay for your new system.

It isn’t going to cost you hardly anything. Call now 1-877-247-6426. Stop procrastinating, now is the time.

Air conditioning tune ups help to prevent central air conditioning problems. It will actually save you money each and every month and save you on central air conditioning troubleshooting should you experience a air conditioning problem

A tune up will help to maintain peak efficiency in your air conditioner saving you money and break downs.

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Air Conditioning Freon leak detection

Do you know that you should never have to add Freon to your air conditioning system. Freon (Puron, R410a, R22) is not a maintenance item on your air conditioning or heat pump system. If you need to add Freon each year you are causing long term damage to your air conditioner or your heat pump. Freon carries the lubricating oil and running a system low……….

Freon leak finding is no longer extremely difficult. Modern Freon leak detection methods help with your central air conditioner troubleshooting and Freon leak detection. Central air conditioning troubleshooting is no longer as expensive as it used to be.

The Government is in Your Home

See how federal legislation directly impacts and affects you, your family, your central A/C, your central Heat Pump, your Home and your Wallet when it comes to the constantly changing Freon Laws.