You may need to recharge your home AC if your air conditioner isn’t cooling your house like it used to or if it is blowing out warm air.
Residential air conditioning units are designed to never need to be recharged.
However, there are times when your air conditioning unit will need this service. But it is important to realize that if an HVAC recharge is required because the refrigerant has leaked, there is a problem that will need to be addressed. Most likely, your air conditioner has some sort of leak at one of its fittings, a corroded coil or a leak in a refrigerant line due to it being crimped during installation or repair. HVAC technicians do make errors sometimes, so it would need to be fixd and the entire unit will need a refrigerant refill. When you need a refrigerant refill, unfortunately, it isn’t a DIY job. It has to be completed by a professional. Hiring a HVAC technician to recharge your air conditioning unit is the only way to go to ensure that you are safe and your AC unit is properly repaired/recharged. Before you decide to contact and hire a technician, you should troubleshoot to determine the exact problem to know if a recharge is required. The first thing to check is the air filter because it may need to be cleaned or replaced. Another problem that can occur is that the coils on the condenser unit may need to be cleaned. Both of these issues can cause your AC unit to act as though it needed to be recharged by inhibiting the dispersion of the heat removed from your home.