When summer is on the horizon, many homeowners start to get ready to turn on their air conditioning units, dreaming of days where summer’s heat and humidity are kept at bay by their air conditioning systems. But what happens when your AC doesn’t work properly? When problems arise requiring AC repair NYC, residents must call in a qualified service technician to fix the problem. Below is a list of common problems that can arise with an AC system that will require repair.

Neglect

Your AC unit has sat idle all winter long. Because of that, it can take a little coaxing to start up properly the first time out of the gate. Similarly, if you run your AC for long periods of time without having routine maintenance done, it can lead to problems that will require repair. Just as how problems with your health can get worse and require intervention if you don’t catch them early at a regular checkup, problems in your AC system can worsen and require repairs if you don’t address them early. The best way to catch a problem is to schedule regular maintenance.

Parts failure

Anything mechanical will sometimes experience failure of one or more of its parts. An air conditioning system is no different. Because there are so many parts to the system that need to work together, it’s not unusual for one or more parts to sometimes fail. In the case of an air conditioner, among the most common parts to experience failure are the compressor and the fan. If your system is cycling on and off frequently, it could be an indication that one or more components of the system is failing.

Issues with the thermostat

There is a host of things that can potentially cause your thermostat to fail. It could be as simple as a dead battery in the thermostat or something more complex like an improperly calibrated sensor or simply a faulty unit. If your home doesn’t seem to be staying as cool as it once did, one of the best things to do first is to check the batteries in your thermostat. If it’s been a while since you changed the batteries, this could be an easy fix for the thermostat problems. If that doesn’t work, you may have to upgrade your thermostat to a newer model.

These days, thermostats are quite sophisticated, allowing you to program multiple temperatures all at once, for example, if you want the house to be cooler during the day but don’t require such a cool temperature at night, you can set the thermostat to automatically adjust at a certain time of day. Or, if you are at work all day and don’t want to spend the money to cool an empty house, you can set your thermostat to come on just a couple of hours before you come home, so you can enjoy a cool house when you arrive.