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Understanding Compressors

The heart of both an electric refrigerator and an air conditioner is the compressor; it’s most costly component. No other electro-mechanical device comes close to the reliability of the Semi-hermetic or fully-hermetic compressor used in air conditioning systems. Consider the following comparison.

On the average it operates in a refrigerator at full speed almost half the time. That is about 4000 hours out of 8760 hours in a year.

In 15 years that would be 60,000 hours, that your refrigeration system runs.

If your automobile operated 60,000 hours at only 50 miles per hour that would be 3 million miles! A lot of hours on your Air conditioning system.

That is 120 trips around the world at the equator, or 6 round trips to the moon. Ask Neil Armstrong.

It does this without a valve job, new points, new plugs or even an oil change. If properly braced your air conditioner should never leak freon an other amazing fact . Air conditioners have a looped system , constantly returning the refrigerants around and around thru the air compressor.

Unless the compressor has a problem, neither lubricating oil nor refrigerant are added over the 15, 20 or even 30 years that many compressors operate.

Search your mind. Can you think of any other electro-mechanical device with a comparable record of reliability and operating life of and AC system ? Dealers in yor area.

The next time someone states that they don’t make things to last as long as they use to, consider the compressor of an Air conditioning system.

The majority of compressor failures in air conditioning split systems are not due to the compressor but rather to a system problem causing the compressor to fail. It is important to determine the cause of a compressor failure when replacing a defective compressor or the replacement compressor is bound to fail as well. Don’t be too quick to blame a failed compressor on the AC compressor.

Learn the causes of compressor failures and make it a habit of checking the system for the potential causes of compressor failures. Coming in September

If you are a home owner in Mississauga Oakville Toronto Burlington and Etobicoke you now know what how efficient  the compressor for you air conditioners is.

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