Is that Birmingham Cooling bill higher than you think it should be? Noticed that your A/C doesn’t seem to be cooling like it should? Try these basic tips to save money when you cool your home or office:

• Close off the cooling ducts (and the door) in rooms you don’t want cooled. Got a kid away at college whose room doesn’t need to be cooled? Close the A/C vent in that room, then close the door to save your air conditioner the extra effort.
• Because lights produce heat, it’s important to turn them off when they’re not in use.
• Consider putting reflective tints on your windows to reduce the amount of sunlight heat entering your home.
• Ensure that cold air coming in from the vents isn’t obstructed by furniture, draperies, or anything else.
• Turn off computers, gaming consoles, or TVs when they are not in use. Nearly everything that is electronic generates heat in some way.
• If you’re repainting the exterior of your home or place of business, choose a light color. Naturally, light colors absorb far less heat.
• Install awnings above windows on the sunny side of your house.
• Install energy-efficient fans to aid the flow of cool air.

For more information about Birmingham cooling services, please contact our expert Birmingham HVAC technicians.

A lot of people think that air conditioners lower the temperature in their homes by pumping cool air in. The actual process removes warm air from your house and cycles it back in as cooler air.

The unit extracts heat from indoor air and transfers it outside, leaving the cooled indoor air to be recirculated.

A compressor compresses cool refrigerant, causing it to become hot, high-pressure gas. This hot gas runs through a set of coils so it can dissipate its heat, and it condenses into a liquid. The liquid then runs through an expansion valve, and in the process it evaporates to become cold, low-pressure gas.

This cold gas runs through a set of coils that allow the gas to absorb heat and cool down the air inside the home.

Contact One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning of Birmingham with questions about air conditioning repairs and maintenance.