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Maintaining and Cleaning Your Condenser - Madsen Inc.
Keep Your Air Conditioner Running: Tips for Cleaning Your Condenser
June 23, 2016

When the temperature goes up, so does your air conditioner usage – and your power bill. You probably can’t do anything about the weather, but you can help your AC unit run efficiently – and more economically – by keeping your condenser coil clean. Did you know a dirty condenser coil can increase the cost of cooling your home by more than 35 percent?
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Upgrade Your AC or Heat Pump System
5 Cold Hard Facts About Your Old A/C and Heat Pump System
April 1, 2015

You may not be familiar with the Montreal Protocol or the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Air Act, but if you have an older residential AC or heat pump system, this important information will hit close to home:

As part of this worldwide Protocol and the EPAs efforts at home to reduce ozone-destroying chlorines, the Freon R22, which has been the refrigerant of choice in residential heat pump and A/C systems, is being phased out. This could mean a service or upgrade to your AC or heat pump system is necessary to keep it running efficiently and economically this summer. (more…)

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