What You Must Consider Before Calling A Heating And Air Technician

1. Make sure you’re setting the AC thermostat properly: Some thermostats don’t immediately turn on the unit and some have a 2 or 3 degree temperature “window” they use to gauge whether the air conditioner should switch on or not.

2. Make sure your AC thermostat is working well: A lot of homes have electronic thermostats these days and most run on battery power. Those batteries do have to be changed from time to time. My electronic thermostat supposedly had a low battery indicator, but I’ve found that changing the batteries before seeing the indicator has helped in the past. An electronic thermostat is just an automatic switch that basically turns your AC unit on and off at certain temperatures. If the batteries are low the switch may not be turning on or reading the air temperature properly.

3. Check your air conditioner’s fuses and circuit breakers: A central air conditioner may have several different fuses in the whole electrical system. First try resetting the fuse for your central air conditioner at your electrical box by turning it off and then on. For my system I have to then go to my furnace/blower and flick a second switch on and off. This switch turns off whenever I turn off the main electric to it. A third fuse is probably outside on the wall next to the air conditioner unit or on the unit itself. Unless you know what you’re doing I wouldn’t recommend trying to change out these fuses which are often not on switches from what I’ve seen.

4. If these things do not help, give us a call (770-867-2828). We have someone available 24 hours a day to answer your call.