Listen to Your Home Air Conditioning Unit

A home air conditioning unit is necessary wherever you live and throughout the year. You need to take care of your air conditioner system and to listen to any noises that are coming from your air handler or the condensing unit which is located outside. Just by listening to your system you can tell if there is a problem.

Listen to your air handler which is located in a closet, attic, or in the garage. When you turn on the thermostat you should hear the air coming from your supply vents and feel the cooler air coming from them. In the case that you do not hear the air coming from your supply vents, go to your air handler and put your hand on the outside of the access panel to see if you can feel the vibration from the blower wheel and listen to the sound that it is making. You should feel a steady vibration and a consent noise, if you feel a bad vibration and load humming noise or notice a burnt smell or abnormal noise at all you probably have a bad blower motor. You then need to call a service technician for replacement or repair of the air handler electrical components.

Your home air conditioning unit also has an additional part which is called the condenser which is located outside on the back or side of your home. Take a walk outside to this unit and listen to the fan blade going around and you will notice a steady blowing sound. The condensing unit should not have a strong vibration to this either. If the condensing unit is vibrating you may have a fan blade that is out of balance. If this is the case, the fan motor could burn out or could cause a leak to start if not repaired. So if you notice your condensing unit has a bad vibration it would be best to call a service technician to come out and diagnose the problem for you now instead of waiting until you have no cool air in your home.

The main purpose of this article is to be aware of the importance of listening to your home air conditioning unit so that you might be able to detect a problem before you have a cooling issue and to try prevent the cost of additional repairs before they happen.