How Do You Prepare HVAC Equipment for a Storm?
When a storm is聽on its way, make sure your聽HVAC聽equipment is聽ready聽with these聽tips聽from聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing.
- Protect Your System from the Surge
Install聽a high-quality surge protector where any heavy appliances,聽for example,聽a furnace, are plugged into a聽standard聽wall outlet, to automatically聽turn off聽your聽system聽if there’s a聽jump聽in the line voltage. Also,聽don't聽touch any electrical components, and ask for聽a technician's聽help if you聽need help assistance with聽surge protectors.
- Make Sure Everything is Anchored
Confirm your聽outside cooling聽equipment is installed on a concrete pad and聽securely fastened聽to avoid the equipment from being聽launched聽in the air or washing away聽during聽a storm. If your聽area聽is prone to hurricanes, use hurricane straps to聽protect your air conditioning system聽from high winds.
- Cover Your Equipment (If Possible)
The聽well-being聽of you and your family聽should be priority, but if time聽will let you,聽power off聽your聽HVAC聽system and cover the outdoor聽unit聽with a tarp.聽Make sure you聽remove the tarp and any debris before you turn your聽unit聽back on聽following聽a storm.
- Check For Damage
Once聽the storm has passed,聽ensure聽the system is safe before聽turning it back on. First,聽verify聽there are no聽indicators聽of damage and clean any debris from around the聽equipment. Call聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing聽for聽an equipment聽inspection if there is any damage or flooding to the聽equipment. Once you’ve had聽the system inspected聽by a professional, turn the聽HVAC system聽back on聽as soon as possible聽to help dry the home and聽avoid聽mold from getting into the聽equipment聽or ductwork.
If your聽air conditioner聽has suffered any damage, check out these聽tips聽on聽what to do if your equipment suffers damage聽and then call天美传媒聽and learn about our聽membership plans聽to help keep your聽HVAC equipment聽in working order all year long.
