Redlands Air Conditioning

A domestic air conditioner installed in standard conditions should be professionally serviced at least once a year.

Commercial air conditioners may require professional maintenance anywhere from once a year to once a month, depending on the environment and use. Talk to your local air conditioning expert for advice on how often your commercial air conditioner should be serviced.

Generally, the filter in a home air conditioner should be cleaned once every season or four times a year. However, depending on the environment and air purity you may need to clean the filter more regularly.

For commercial air conditioners, the filter should be cleaned approximately once a month. However, you may need to clean it more regularly depending on use.

Top Tip: Check the filter in your air conditioner about twice as often as it is recommended that you clean it until you have a good idea of how long it takes for the filter in your air conditioner to get dirty or clogged. (Eg. for a home air conditioner, check the condition of the filter every 6 weeks).

A split system air conditioner is the wall mounted unit that people usually think of when the term “air conditioner” is mentioned. Split system air conditioners are used to cool one room or area.

The name “split system” comes from the fact that there is an indoor unit (this is the wall-mounted unit where the cool air comes out) and an outdoor unit (usually located on the outside of the same wall as the indoor unit).

There are a few other types of split system air conditioners including:

Reverse cycle split system air conditioners – this is a split system unit that can produce both cool and warm air for year round use.

Multi split system air conditioners – this is a split system unit with multiple indoor units powered by a single outdoor unit.

A ducted air conditioner is a central cooling system that is used to cool multiple rooms or a whole house. As the name suggests, cool air is distributed throughout the house via a series of ducts, usually located in the roof.

Ducted air conditioning is generally a more cost-efficient way to cool an entire house rather than installing split system units in each room.

If an air conditioner is installed incorrectly it can reduce the lifespan of the unit and affect its energy efficiency.

If that’s not enough to convince you not to install your own air conditioner, it’s illegal in Queensland for an unqualified person to install their own air conditioner and it will also void any warranty that came with the unit.

Advanced Climate Solutions has a team of highly trained air conditioning technicians on call 24/7 so if you need a quality air conditioner installation, give us a call.

If your air conditioner needs repairs and is over 10 years old, it will most likely be more prudent to replace it rather than repair it. This is because the older the unit gets, the less efficient it will be and the more repairs it is likely to need until it finally breaks down.

Plus, modern air conditioners are far more energy efficient that the best AC units 10 years ago, so installing a new air conditioner could save you a lot of money in running costs.

However, a well maintained air conditioner can last much longer than 10 years so ask your local air conditioning expert for their recommendation.

The average lifespan of a central air conditioner is somewhere between 10 to 12 years. However, if your air conditioner is regularly serviced by a professional it may last much longer than 10 years.

Conversely, a poorly maintained air conditioner may breakdown much earlier than expected.