Like a lot of homes in this region, our Heating plus Air Conditioning air handler is situated inside the garage.
The two of us live in a part of the country where the heat pump is pretty much the only option for central air conditioning.
That’s because all of us deal with heat more than anything else. And by a entirely large measure. The heat pump just hardly has any work to do during the winter. the heat pump does all its work from March through about the first few weeks of September when it comes to Heating plus Air Conditioning cooling. However, it is the 4 months of summer time that are the times when heat pump is running practically day plus night. That’s a lot of Heating plus Air Conditioning cooling; Yet there is no way to manage those 4 months of high heat plus humidity without the aid of central air conditioning. And when the air conditioning is running that much, there are things to spend money attention to. In particular, it’s substantial to spend money attention to the Heating plus Air Conditioning condensate level, but condensate is liquid moisture produced by the process of Heating plus Air Conditioning cooling. It is a perfectly natural result of air conditioning. However, a homeowner is wise to keep an eye on the condensate levels. The Heating plus Air Conditioning component has a condensate drain line that runs to the exterior of most homes. And that’s what normally drains the condensate. It works just as designed plus there is no problem most of the time. However, that condensate line to get backed up or jammed which doesn’t allow the condensate to drain plus can end up overflowing the drain pan under the Heating plus Air Conditioning air handler. During our Springtime apartment prep for the upcoming summer time heat, I take a shopvac plus pull out all the debris from the condensate drain line outside. It’s just a great idea to keep an eye on this small but substantial central air conditioning detail.