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Liberty Total Comfort Systems
25550 Grand River
Redford, Michigan 48240
1-800-245-9080
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 Preventive Maintenance in the Fall = Better Performance, Less Chance of Failure during Cold Spells and Savings!!
REDFORD, MI -- Old Man Winter dishes out the Cold Spells every year in Michigan. Preventive maintenance is key to keeping your heating system running in the winter, especially during cold spells. Then your heating system is needed more than ever and even taken for granted, according to Joe Roka, Service Specialist for Liberty Total Comfort Systems, a member of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).
Out of Sight, NOT Out of Mind
According to the ACCA, the old but true cliché “out of sight, out of mind” is often the reason for neglected maintenance guidelines for your HVAC system. HVAC systems are usually installed where they aren’t seen, such as in a section of the basement, a closet, on rooftops, or in mechanical rooms, or crawl spaces, making them easy to ignore. The systems are simply taken for granted, until they fail. Decreased efficiency, utility overpayment, discomfort, loss of productivity, eventual premature replacement, and higher repair costs are the result.
Just because your HVAC system is out of sight, does not mean it can be neglected. Getting your HVAC system checked twice annually is just as important as changing the oil in your car every 3,000 miles!
What should you expect your service technician to do during a visit?
• Check system functions, safety controls, and adjust the operating sequence where appropriate.
• Inspect electrical components and connections and repair/replace or tighten as required.
• Ensure proper airflow and change dirty air filters
• Unclean filters with bad airflow can keep temperatures 4 to 6 degrees lower than wanted.
• Inspect pumps, lubricate, and check flow rates where appropriate.
• Clean and lubricate motors as required.
• Examine belts, adjust and align as required.
• Inspect, clean and balance blowers as required.
• Clean the burner assembly.
• Remove soot from fireside of burner.
• Clean and check operation of humidifier.
• Visually inspect heat exchanger for cracks.
• Check for carbon monoxide.
• Adjust air/fuel ratio of burner and perform combustion analysis. (Instrumentation used for combustion analysis is a means of fine-tuning a burner to achieve maximum fuel efficiency and “optimum firing.”)
Note: For heat pump applications, winter season inspections repeat a number of the summer procedures plus several additional checks. Maintaining semi-annual checkups for heat pumps is also important.
What’s your bottom line?
• Savings: Prevention typically more than pay for themselves through higher efficiency, less utility overpayment, and sometimes contractor discounts.
• Peace of Mind: Predictive maintenance will mean fewer system failures and a longer life for your HVAC equipment.
• Priority Service: Should a system failure occur during the heat of the summer or the cold of the winter, preventative customers generally receive priority service.
• Continuity: Many ACCA contractors, like Liberty Total Comfort Systems are often able to assign technicians to the specific customers. That way, you get to see and know the same service technician, and he or she becomes more familiar with you and your equipment.
For over 25 years, Liberty Total Comfort Systems has become one of the leaders of premier quality and high efficiency central air heating, cooling, air quality control systems and insulation in the metro Detroit area. Liberty is a member of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).
For more information, call Liberty Total Comfort Systems at 800-245-9080, or visit www.libertytotalcomfort.com.
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