Tech Tip: Check Your Heat Exchanger

Tech tip of the day. Have your heat exchanger checked by a HVAC technician. These heaters are now condemned as dangerous due to the holes caused by age and rust. If your friends or family have a packaged gas unit in their home or business, refer them to Air Max Heating & Cooling LLC and…

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Tech Tip: Check Your Thermostat

On average, for every degree you set back your thermostat, you can save 2% on your energy bill. Most people can’t tell the difference between a room set one day at 70º and the next day at 69º. In fact, the difference in temperature between your nose and your toes is likely to be greater…

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Common Heating Failures

Winter….is coming. Just like in Game of Thrones, winter is coming, whatever that is down here in the South. It could be 45 degrees and raining, 34 degrees and bleary or 75 degrees and clear skies. In preparation for “whatever the weather” plan on scheduling preventative maintenance for your gas fired heater. A couple things…

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How To Keep Your House Cool in Sweltering Months

When it is 95 degrees or hotter outside, your central air conditioning will probably run non stop and the indoor temperature may rise. Why? The design conditions used in the original heat load calculation (if the hvac contractor performed a heat load, most “guestimate” based on square footage from previous homes in your neighborhood) was…

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Is DIY HVAC Repair Worth It?

Just Do It? You might want to wait for a professional HVAC Technician.  We have a customer who wants to do his own repairs and buys his parts from us. I normally don’t sell parts to customers, but in this case I try to help him and his family by cutting costs and saving him…

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Tech Tip: Shut Off the AC

Tech Tip Of The Day. Shut it off. Shut off your air conditioner if it stops working. This might sound obvious but many home/business owners leave a malfunctioning AC unit on, hoping it will start cooling. A bad electrical part or even low refrigerant will cause excessive heat that melts wire insulation, trip/open limit switches,…

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Quick Tip: Sudden Lack of Air?

A sudden loss or lack of air flow in several rooms of your home or business could be the result of blockage due to a piece of loose duct liner (insulation). The liner is usually glued and sometimes pinned inside the metal plenum (box). Over time it can come loose and obstruct the air flow…

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Air Filters Delivered

Air Max Heating & Cooling LLC offers a complete line of air filters for your home or business.  We offer any size filter in 1 or 2 inch thickness in low, medium or high MERV rating. This is a great way to purchase that “hard to find” size filter and have them shipped to your…

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What the New Government Regulations on Efficiency Mean For You

Higher efficiency air conditioning and heat pump standard of 14 SEER will become effective on January 15, 2015. Manufactures, distributors and contractors will be allowed to buy, sell, ship and install non-complaint (13 SEER) products during an 18 month grace period. Once the 13 SEER equipment inventory is sold out then the next choice is…

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