Recently, I noticed towards the end of the day that my a/c had been running pretty much all day but the thermostat read 77. I checked it and it was set to 74. About an hour later, I found it to read 78. Houston, we have a problem. Ironic since I just posted about Cool Care not long ago.
Here's what I learned. The system had iced up. In our case it was because our filter was clogged. Lately I've been buying those more expensive filters that say they'll last 3 months. As soon as I said that to the Cool Care man, he just shook his head. So, I am back to regular filters each month. The remedy? We had to turn the system off completely overnight so it could defrost. We were told to turn it back on in the morning; if we had cold air coming from the vents, we're ok.
Thankfully that was the case! The moral of this story is keep changing those filters each month. If you have warm air coming from the vents, go outside and look around your air unit. If you see iced up pipes, then you know what you've got going on.
Here's what I learned. The system had iced up. In our case it was because our filter was clogged. Lately I've been buying those more expensive filters that say they'll last 3 months. As soon as I said that to the Cool Care man, he just shook his head. So, I am back to regular filters each month. The remedy? We had to turn the system off completely overnight so it could defrost. We were told to turn it back on in the morning; if we had cold air coming from the vents, we're ok.
Thankfully that was the case! The moral of this story is keep changing those filters each month. If you have warm air coming from the vents, go outside and look around your air unit. If you see iced up pipes, then you know what you've got going on.
