If you’re like me and you’re about ready to start using your air conditioning again for the year, then you want to make sure that you check the exterior A/C unit that is outside of your home before you turn it on for the first time.
I didn’t do this last year and I ended up having to pay for that mistake with a lot of money in A/C repair costs! See, we have a big tree in the backyard that grows fairly close to the air conditioning unit and for some reason, I didn’t check it last year before I turned on the A/C for the first time.
I guess I just wasn’t thinking about it when the weather started heating up in the spring and so I didn’t think that it was important to go out there and look at it. However, I really should have checked it out because one of the limbs from the tree had broken off and it was somehow wedged in the top of the A/C fan. Whenever I turned the thermostat over to air conditioning and turned it on, the outside unit fired up and the fan started turning and it sucked the branch right down into it, wedging the branch down further and further until the fan stopped turning and the whole thing got dented and torn up. I had to pay a whole lot of money to our local HVAC company to get the air conditioning replaced. Believe me, I will never make that mistake again. Always make sure that you check your exterior A/C unit or you will be sorry one day!