{"id":664,"date":"2022-10-10T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/?p=664"},"modified":"2022-10-10T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:46:03","slug":"fall-is-a-good-time-to-schedule-an-ac-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/fall-is-a-good-time-to-schedule-an-ac-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Is a Good Time to Schedule an AC Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Once the temperatures start to cool down after a long summer in Conway, you probably don\u2019t want to think much about your air conditioning system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll be more concerned with getting ready for winter weather or just enjoying the milder fall temperatures. But fall is often the best time to take care of an extremely important AC service \u2026 getting a new one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Time for That Ol\u2019 AC to Retire<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nobody develops fond feelings for their air conditioning system. AC systems aren\u2019t decorative, they don\u2019t spark fuzzy memories, and they remain mostly hidden from sight. An air conditioner system does a vital job, but once it can\u2019t do it as well, there is no reason to keep it around. Letting an over-the-hill AC stay in your house will cost you much more than replacing it. An old air conditioner loses its energy efficiency and raises utility bills. It will require frequent repairs, sometimes every year, and those repairs will start to cost more and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An old AC will also cost you in comfort and the system starts to lose its cooling capacity. It may not completely fail (although that becomes more likely with each year), but it will need to run longer to deliver the level of cooling you want, and you\u2019ll discover you have to keep fiddling with the thermostat just to find the ideal temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Conditioner Retirement Age<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When can you expect your air conditioning system to enter \u201cold age\u201d and become a cost and comfort nuisance? The average service life of a central AC is 10 to 15 years. An AC that\u2019s had regular maintenance each year will probably have no trouble getting to 15 years before it starts to show signs of decline. However, we caution homeowners to pay close attention to an AC\u2019s performance once it\u2019s older than 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fall Advantages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are three reasons that fall is a good time to schedule a big air conditioning service like a replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n