Preparation of Your Air Conditioner For Cold Winter

The cold winter has already comes. Did you ever winterize your air conditioner to work better in this winter?

It is significantly important to shut down the central air conditioner if you wish your air conditioner works well through the whole winter. If you never do that before, it’s not too late to do it now. 

Central Air Conditioner

First, make sure you turn off your air conditioner at the air conditioner switch before winterizing it. The exact steps are: find the circuit outside, open the lid, hit the switch, and then close the switch.

Here someone may ask why the air conditioner should be shut down.

It’s extremely essential, for it keeps you safe from potential electrocution and effectively prevents damage to your air conditioner. Meanwhile, the air conditioner won’t be turned on suddenly in accident, and there is no chance for the water to get into the unit and then freeze.

Second, clean the air conditioner, and ensure there is no any dirt or dust, especially in the hose. Get rid of the twigs, branches and leaves from the compressor if there are. Those may heavy the work of your air conditioner work, even lead to some damage.

After the first two steps, the third thing is pretty easy, just to wait, wait the air conditioner to dry off totally. Remember that no water in or on the compressor for water makes it easy to get rusted.

With the above three simple steps, your air conditioner will face the whole winter without any problem and keep you warm from the cold air.

Notice: in the winter, especially after the snow day or rain day, remove the snow and ice quickly. The heavy snow and ice may cause an unexpected result.

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