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Why August Heat Waves Put More Pressure on Your AC

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Air conditioner failures in Canton are not evenly spread across the summer. They tend to rise during the three- or four-day August periods when temperatures stay above 90 degrees and nights remain unusually warm.   Green Energy AC Heating & Plumbing Repair sees this pattern each summer because prolonged heat pushes cooling systems closer to their operating limits. A heat wave does more than extend AC runtime. High outdoor temperatures change the conditions inside the equipment. Refrigerant pressures rise, electrical current increases, components run hotter, and the amount of useful cooling produced each minute decreases. The system works harder while delivering less cooling when the house needs it most. Canton homes can add further challenges. Many properties near the town common were built in the nineteenth century and received central cooling much later, often with retrofit ductwork installed in restricted spaces. Homes around Ponkapoag and the Blue Hills may have outdoor un...

Key Air Conditioner Maintenance Tips Every Homeowner Should Know This August

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By August, your air conditioner has already been through the part of summer that a spring inspection cannot predict. A tune-up in April can confirm that the system is clean, operating correctly, and ready for warm weather, but June and July add hundreds of hours of runtime, high humidity, afternoon storms, and repeated electrical cycles. Equipment that looked excellent before summer can therefore need attention again long before fall arrives. This is why A/C Man Heating and Air handles more performance complaints in August than in any other month. Many of those calls are not caused by something that was missed during a spring inspection. Instead, they involve conditions that developed only after the AC had spent weeks operating under demanding summer loads. Fayetteville makes that workload particularly challenging. August highs commonly stay in the upper 80s, humidity averages close to 76 percent, and the heat index regularly moves above 100. The month is also the wettest of the year...