Learning About Commercial Air Conditioning Units

Advantages Of AC Vent Cleaning

9 August 2022

Floyd Carroll

Your air conditioner vents are responsible for distributing air from your unit into your home's indoor space. Also, your vents help maintain proper air pressure in your house. Therefore, you should maintain your vents correctly, so they can serve you efficiently and for a long time. 

One way to take care of your vents is by cleaning them. You can call an air conditioner service provider to do the job. Here are the advantages of cleaning your vents.

Improve Your Home's Air Quality

With time, your air ducts can get clogged with dust and debris from your home's air. Your vents will distribute the contaminated air back into your indoor space. Also, if your air ducts have leaks, they can attract contaminants from your outdoors and other pollutants-prone places like the attic, basement, and garage.

If you notice fog on your windows and moisture on items, or your home has become unusually hotter, you could have a humidity problem. Clogged ducts will affect the proper functioning of your AC unit. Hence, your equipment won't properly eliminate humidity in the air. The moisture in the AC system will increase, leading to mold growth. 

Your air ducts will disperse the spores from the mold into your home. Breathing air contaminated with mold can lead to various health issues, such as allergic reactions and severe asthma symptoms. 

Moreover, an inefficient AC unit due to leaky ducts won't generate enough air into your home. The problem means the amount of air entering your unit will be more than the air leaving. This phenomenon will lead to negative air pressure in your home. Therefore, more dirty air from outdoors and other places like the attic will be sucked into your home.

Cleaning your ducts ensures the above problems don't occur. Your home will have proper airflow and pressure, leading to excellent air quality.

Improve AC Unit's Performance and Energy Efficiency

Cleaning your vents will help eliminate dust and other particles that may block them and prevent good airflow. Blocked vents will strain your AC system as it tries to clean and push more air into your home. Hence, your equipment will consume more energy, significantly affecting your monthly utility bills. 

With time, this malfunction can decrease your unit's lifespan. The AC unit's components will overwork beyond their capability and will gradually begin to fail. 

The heat exchanger in your AC system is responsible for warming up air from the furnace. When your vents are blocked, the heat generated by the furnace won't have anywhere to go. This malfunction will cause heat build-up in the HVAC system, overheating the heat exchanger; hence, your AC unit will shut down.

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