Should I Have my A/C System Serviced Annually?

The simple truth is you absolutely should have it serviced and ideally it should be done once a year.

There may be a lot of you out there that fall into the "If it aint broke, don't fix it" crowd. I would ask these people if they would drive their car 100,000 miles before servicing it. The idea of waiting until something is completely broken before doing anything about it is absurd. Waiting not only can cause any repairs to be two, three or even four times more expensive, it can also cause permanent damage to an air conditioner!



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Servicing your air conditioner helps to make sure it is operating at peak performance and can alert you to any problems that may be rectified before something breaks down. Most service companies will also offer to wash your condenser for you which can save many headaches and money in the future. Something as simple as not washing your condenser can cause your system to not work at all and has the potential to ruin your compressor (~$1500-$2500 part).

The most important thing you can do as a homeowner for your air conditioner is change your filter. I would argue that changing your filter every 30 days is more important for the air conditioner than the furnace.

So keep changing those filters and give your air conditioning service company a call once a year!

*As a side note, your Freon (or Puron as the new refrigerant is commonly called) should not have to be topped off once a year! We hear this a lot, however if this is truly the case you have a leak and that should be addressed before dumping money and refrigerant into a system. A properly operating system should not need the refrigerant charge to be adjusted.