If you’re in the market for a new La Mesa, CA air conditioning system, then you’re in luck. Never before have there been such a wide variety of system types and brands than there are today. However,  it can be increasingly difficult to make the right selection, especially considering the sheer range of choices. The decision is yours to make, but keep in mind that your AC requires professional installation if it is to work properly for years to come. There’s simply no substitute for professional expertise, and you want to ensure that your investment matches your home exactly. We’ve compiled the following brief guide to get you started, but when you’re ready for professional and quality air conditioning in your La Mesa home, rest assured that ARS® San Diego is just a phone call away. Call us now to learn more about how we can improve your home.

There are various considerations to take into account:

• Size. First and foremost is size. You need to ensure that the size of your AC matches the size of your home. It sounds straightforward, and it is, but it’s not easy to determine the appropriate size yourself.  Our experts at ARS San Diego will produce a professional load calculation of your home in order to have the BTU and cooling tonnage of your new AC match the potential cooling volume of your home. If your system is too small, it will be constantly overworked and may  not cool your home adequately. If it is too large, it may short cycle frequently, and this can lead to increased wear and tear on the compressor, as well as energy inefficiency.
• Ducts or no ducts. While central air is a tried and true standard of the American home, more and more homeowners are going ductless with their new cooling systems. The reasons are simple. Ductless systems offer a higher energy efficiency rating, chiefly owing to their lack of ducts. Ductless systems also tend to encourage better indoor air quality because a common haven of mold, dust, and other debris is eliminated.

There are further important considerations, so it’s best to sit down with one of our friendly technicians so that we can go over your options in detail.

Call ARS® San Diego today if you need air conditioning installation services in La Mesa, CA.

If you live in La Mesa, CA, you know how important your central air conditioning is to your comfort. But you also wonder how exactly your AC works to provide such excellent cooling during the hottest days of the year. Many of the systems inside our home, from thermostats to condensers, remain something of a mystery to us. In this post, we’d like to run you through the AC basics so that you know a little bit more about how your system works. We believe an informed client is better at spotting relatively minor problems before they balloon into major repairs. For more information about La Mesa CA air conditioning, call ARS® San Diego today!

Let’s take a look at several important components that make up your central AC:

• Compressor/condenser. Along with an exhaust fan that dissipates the heat taken from inside your home, these two parts are located into a weatherized outdoor unit. The compressor is a motorized pump that pressurizes the refrigerant causing it to move through a cycle of coils and valves. It is one the major engines of the central AC system. The condenser is a system of coils located near your compressor that provides heat dissipation. After your refrigerant has absorbed the heat from the indoor air, it is sent to the condenser coils. As a whole, the outdoor unit is the noisiest component, and therefore sits outside.
• Air handler/evaporator. This indoor unit contains the air handler, which extracts and blows air throughout your ductwork, and the evaporator coils, which cools the extracted air. There is often an air filter within the air filter to ensure that the air you’re breathing in your living space is free of dust and other debris.
• Refrigerant. While R-22 remained the standard for a long time after the detrimental environmental impact of Freon became more widely known, that type of refrigerant is being phased out; non-ozone-depleting R-410A will now be the new standard. Your refrigerant is chemically designed to produce radical temperature shifts under pressure. It absorbs the heat from the air extracted from your home, and cools it. The extracted heat is dissipated by the condenser coils and an exhaust fan. The compressor then sends the refrigerant through for another cycle.

We hope this brief rundown of some of the components that make up your complex central AC system helps you understand how it works. For more information, or to schedule La Mesa, CA air conditioning service, call ARS® San Diego today!