You may start to think that storm season is year around. Spring聽brings聽rain storms and tornadoes, while summer聽ushers in聽hurricane season.聽By the time聽the Atlantic hurricane season聽comes to a close聽in November,聽snowfalls聽are upon the north. The聽well-being聽of your family during聽dangerous聽storms should聽invariably be聽priority. But even聽while聽the winds die down and the rain dries up, you still聽want to make聽sure that your home and family聽are safe.聽See our聽recommendations聽for preparing your home’s聽cooling and heating聽equipment for storm season.
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Your聽outdoor air conditioning聽equipment should be聽placed聽on a concrete pad and properly聽anchored聽to聽keep聽the聽equipment聽from聽going airborne聽or washing away聽over the course of聽a storm. If you聽reside聽in a climate that聽is subject to聽hurricanes, it may be聽necessary聽to fasten your聽air conditioner聽with hurricane straps to聽keep the equipment safe聽from high winds. Ask your聽air conditioning聽technician about聽securing聽your home’s聽air conditioning system聽during your聽Fall聽Tune-up.
Stop the Surge
You can’t聽actually聽stop聽the surge that often聽occurs聽during a storm, but you can聽protect聽your聽heating and air conditioning聽equipment from it.聽Get聽a high-quality surge protector where any聽large聽appliances,聽a furnace for example, are plugged into a standard wall outlet, to automatically聽shut down聽your heating system if there’s聽an increase聽in the line voltage. This will help聽protect聽the electrical components in your聽heating and cooling聽equipment that the power surge could聽harm.聽Be sure never to聽touch any electrical components, and聽ask for聽professional聽help if you are not聽accustomed to聽using surge protectors properly.
Provide Cover
Your loved ones and you聽need to聽find聽shelter first and foremost, but if聽time allows,聽turn off聽your聽heating and cooling聽system and cover the聽outside equipment聽with a tarp.聽Before you turn your system聽back on after the storm,聽you must聽remove the tarp and聽remove聽any debris.
This, Too, Shall Pass
Once the storm is over,聽ensure聽the system is safe before聽turning your heating and cooling system back on.聽First,聽make sure聽there are no聽signals聽of damage and聽get rid of聽any debris聽from around the system. Try to聽examine聽and聽verify聽there is no聽apparent聽harm to any of the refrigerant or electrical lines running from your聽air conditioner. Call (866) 963-7996 for聽a system聽inspection if聽seems like there is聽any damage or flooding to the聽system. Once you’ve had the聽system checked聽by聽a technician聽to ensure safe聽working, turn the聽heating and cooling聽system back on聽as soon as possible聽to help dry the home and聽prevent聽mold from getting into聽the equipment聽or ductwork.
If your system has had any damage, check out these聽tips聽on聽What To Do If Your Air Conditioning System Experiences Flooding or Hail Damage聽and then call聽天美传媒聽and聽find out聽about our聽membership options聽to help keep your聽heating and cooling聽system in working order聽all seasons long.
