FAQ.

For your air conditioners thermostat to work properly and efficiently, thermostats should be located away from any sources of the cold or heat. It is best to install your unit (if possible) on an interior wall away from the heating and cooling vents and other sources of heat or drafts (Eg. Doorways, windows, sky lights, direct sunlight). Simmonds Refrigeration & Air Conditioning can check the location of your thermostat and assess whether the position is in a good place. Phone our office on 8377 5888 to book in your yearly aircon tune up!

Setting your thermostat is a very personal decision. There are no hard-and-fast rules. Your settings largely depend on your own comfort. On average, for every degree you set your thermostat back you can save 2% on your energy bill. Have a chat to your air conditioning expert when you have your air conditioning serviced next.

An air conditioner may seem as if it cools your homes air. But in reality, what it’s doing is removing heat from the indoor air and transferring it to the outdoor air., It’s extracting the heat from your home! How? By passing indoor Air across a refrigerant coil in the indoor unit. Refrigerant lines then carry the heat to the outdoor unit, where it is released into the outside air. The cooling cycle continues until the indoor temperature reaches the thermostat setting that you have selected.

This filter protects the indoor machine from dust, which everyone’s home is full of! This dust accumulates on the indoor coil and creates a thick black sludge which when kept in a dark moist environment can become toxic and full of bacteria. This sludge will then contaminate the air to which it distributes throughout the house and we breath. It will also will block up your drain which will leak and flood your ceiling potentially causing thousands of dollars.