D'Spain Sales and Service Blog : Archive for March, 2016

Common Spring Problems with Your Heat Pump

Monday, March 28th, 2016

A heat pump is a unique device for your heating and cooling needs because it is capable of performing both duties equally well. It uses the same principles as air conditioning – circulating refrigerant through a closed loop to first heat and then cool the air – but with a twist. The cycle can be reversed, allowing you to heat your home as well as cooling it and allowing you to combine both functions into a single unit. Heat pumps tend to experience the most issues during transition periods like now, when they switch over from heating to cooling modes (or from cooling to heating in the fall). If you can keep an eye out for some of them, you may be able to get a jump on a given issue before it gets out of hand.

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Are Ductless Cooling Systems Right for You?

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Spring is officially here, and while many of us in the Fredericksburg, TX area are still recovering from the winter, now is an excellent time to consider adding a new air conditioner or swapping out an old one whose time has come. Most people tend to think of air conditioners as centralized units, blowing air through a series of ducts to get to the rooms of your home. There is, however, an alternative for those so interested. Ductless air conditioning systems get rid of those ducts in favor of smaller individual units, each controlled separately from the rest and each charged with cooling a single room or section of your home. Ductless systems cost a little more to install than other kinds of air conditioner, so you need to make sure that the benefits they offer match your specific needs. Here’s a few tips to determine whether ductless cooling systems are right for you.

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How to Protect Your Home from Electrical Surges

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Electrical surges are responsible for millions of dollars of property damage each year in the U.S. These power surges can instantly overload and short-out the circuity of home electronics and appliances. This happens because an increase in voltage above an appliance’s normal operation voltage causes an arc of electrical current within the appliance. The heat generated from this arc causes damage to the electronic circuit boards and other electrical components.

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3 Signs of a Refrigerant Leak in Your AC System

Monday, March 14th, 2016

With March arriving in its usual fashion, residents of Kerrville, TX are turning their attention towards their air conditioner, which has likely sat unused over the last few months but which will soon be called upon to get your household through another hot Texas summer. Now is the time to have your system checked out for any lingering problems that it may have picked up over the winter: getting them identified and repaired now means it won’t cause you any trouble when you need it.

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Schedule a Maintenance Session for Your Air Conditioner

Monday, March 7th, 2016

Have you scheduled a maintenance session for your air conditioner in the last year? If you haven’t, there’s no time like the present. With spring right around the corner, warm weather is well on its way, and you want to ensure that you have a fully functioning air conditioner to keep comfortable. Air conditioner maintenance is essential to avoiding major AC problems in the future.

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