Money Saving AC tips for the Summer

Money Saving AC tips for the Summer

With summer in full swing, many people are looking for some effective money saving tips to
help them keep cool without busting their budget. As the summer temperatures begin to
rise, it's not unusual to see your energy bills skyrocket as well.

Keeping their home cool and comfortable is certainly a major expense for many
homeowners during the summer months. Fortunately, at TemperaturePro Milwaukee, we
have some excellent AC summer energy saving tips that can help you keep your home
comfortable while also taking some important steps to conserve energy and lower utility
bills.

Keep AC Air Filters Clean -

it's important to keep in mind that the more your air conditioner must run trying to keep your
home cool, the more you're going to pay in energy bills. Likewise, if your air conditioner is
overworked to keep up with the demand for cool air, it's going to use more energy. The best
way to ensure you're getting energy efficient cooling is to make sure that you keep the air
filters clean. Many air conditioners will actually freeze up during the summer months
because of poor air circulation.

The air conditioner will work hard at trying to draw air through the system, but blocked air
vents or a dirty air filter will eventually lead to higher utility bills as well as HVAC problems
such as icing or a complete AC breakdown. If you want to make sure that your air
conditioning system can work as efficiently as possible, make sure that you change air filters
regularly and move furniture and other items away from air intake vents.

Annual HVAC Maintenance -

keeping your cooling system running efficiently will also require a little preventative
maintenance before the start of each cooling season. This HVAC maintenance should be
performed by a licensed and certified HVAC technician. At TemperaturePro Milwaukee, we
offer air conditioning maintenance plans for our customers in Milwaukee as well as Ozaukee
County, Washington County, Germantown, Mequon, Menomonee Falls, and many cities in
the surrounding area.

Our HVAC maintenance plan is designed to ensure that your HVAC system is not only
operating at its peak of energy efficiency, but it can also be an important factor in helping to
reduce repair bills. One of our certified HVAC technicians will come to your home and
provide comprehensive maintenance service, such as lubricating all moving parts, checking
the HVAC controls, and inspecting electrical connections. Our service technician will also
calibrate your thermostat, and completely clean the system so it can provide reliable
operation. This service is an important step in keeping summer cooling bills as low as
possible.

Energy efficient cooling system -

many homeowners don't realize that they could be losing a great deal of their conditioned air
to leaking ductwork. The ducts might have holes or be poorly sealed. This means that you're
wasting valuable cooling dollars by letting the conditioned air leak out before it even reaches
the interior of your home. It's a good idea to make sure that all ducts are sealed and in good
condition. Additionally, if you have an older air conditioning system, you might want to
consider buying a new high efficiency HVAC air conditioning system. Today's newer cooling
systems offer advanced technology that will provide quality cooling with less energy. This
can be a great way to lower those high energy bills.

If you have an air conditioner that is more than 10 years old, you might want to consider the
benefits that a new air conditioner can provide. Older systems are not only less energy
efficient, but they are often more expensive to keep running as well. As your air conditioner
ages, it naturally loses efficiency, especially as parts and various components begin to
break down.

A cooling system that is more than ten years old can experience unreliable performance,
but it can also have repair issues that just add to your cost of keeping your home cool. A
new air conditioner might be more affordable than you imagine. After all, with lower cooling
bills and fewer repair issues, your high efficiency air conditioner can often pay for itself in a
short time.

Use Shades or Blinds to Block the Sun -

An important way to help your air conditioner keep your home cool is to reduce or minimize
heat buildup in the first place. Look around your home. Are there windows that are hit with
direct sunlight? At different times in the day, you'll probably notice that the sun will be more
intense in some rooms. There are several ways to naturally help keep your home cooler,
which, of course, is a great way to lower summer cooling bills. For example, you can block
direct sunlight from heating up the interior of your home if you strategically place trees and
shrubs in your outdoor landscaping.

If they can block the sunlight from directly hitting your home or windows, this can help
reduce energy costs. Additionally, closing shades and blinds can go a long way in helping to
block the heat of the sun from entering your home. When you take steps to keep the interior
of your home as cool as possible, your air conditioner won't have to work so hard to bring
the temperature back down to a comfortable level. The less work you demand from your
cooling system, the less you'll pay in utility bills.

Use Ceiling Fans -

Many people have ceiling fans in their home, but they either don't use them regularly or they
don't have them set properly. Your ceiling fan should have a little switch on the side of the
housing. This switch will reverse the direction that your fan turns. Given the fact that hot air
rises, in the winter you'll want to set your ceiling fan to push warm air back down into the

room. However, during the hot months of summer, you should switch the direction of your
fan so that it is able to pull warm air up and away from the lower areas of the room.

This can be a big help in reducing warm air in your home, and it can help your air
conditioner to run more efficiently while keeping the interior of your home nice and cool. In
addition to using your ceiling fans, you might also want to use oscillating fans or box fans to
help circulate the cool air. If you have a fan blowing gently, it can help keep you comfortable,
even when you set your air conditioner to a slightly higher setting. By letting you adjust your
thermostat up, you'll save even more money on cooling costs.

Run your AC in a more Economical Manner -

One of the most effective ways to reduce summer energy bills is to run your air conditioner
as economically as possible. The closer you can keep the inside temperature to the
temperature outdoors, the less you'll spend on summing cooling bills. Of course, as the
outside temperatures soar, you'll need to consider how warm you're willing to keep the
interior of your home. Even moving the temperature up a few degrees can make a big
difference in how much you pay in energy bills.

Similarly, if you're coming in from outside and your home doesn't feel as cool as you'd like,
there's no reason to go to extremes and move the thermostat down to a setting below where
you normally keep it. This isn't going to help your house get cool any faster, but it will likely
lead to you forgetting about it until you realize that your home is far cooler than you had
intended. Find a comfortable temperature and don't be tempted to turn it down even lower. If
you're watching television and you feel a little warm, turn a fan on and enjoy the gentle
breeze. This is often enough to cool you down and make you comfortable again.

Install a programmable thermostat -

a programmable thermostat can be a big help in reducing summer energy bills. You'll be
able to program your thermostat to cool your home when it's needed the most. For example,
at night when you go to bed, you can turn on the ceiling fan or a small oscillating fan to help
you stay cool. If you do this, you can program your thermostat to set the air conditioner to a
higher temperature. Similarly, if you're away most of the day, you can program your
thermostat to turn the air conditioner off or at least raise the temperature; then, program it to
begin cooling to a comfortable temperature shortly before you arrive back home.

There's no reason to bring indoor temperatures too low, especially when you're not even
home to enjoy it. The use of a programmable thermostat can help to keep energy bills down
without having to sacrifice the comfort of your family. Many programmable thermostats can
even be programmed from your Smartphone or laptop, so it's always convenient to set your
air conditioner for the most energy efficient cooling.

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