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When Should I Replace My Air Conditioning System? · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

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  Your air conditioning system is a very important component to your home.
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  I know it is in my home and it seems like the whole earth is getting warmer and warmer.
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  And so I wanna talk about air conditioning because that equipment often in the summertime can run a lot.
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  And I have a question to pose an expert here,
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  Nathan Shafer from Shafer heating and cooling.
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  Hey,
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  Nathan,
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  how are you?
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  Hey,
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  Jim,
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  how are you?
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  I'm doing fantastic.
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  So I've got a question for you that came in here to the radio program and that is,
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  when do I know it's time to replace my air conditioning unit or units?
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  Some people may have one that's six years old and it sounds like a train going down the tracks.
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  Some people may have one that's 18,
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  20 years old and they think it's running fine.
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  So how do they know?
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  Good question.
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  Um And there's several different signs that can lead up to it.
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  And so,
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  uh one thing,
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  I mean,
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  you may be starting to hear different noises,
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  it's sounding louder than it used to.
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  Um,
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  you may be seeing your,
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  your HV AC professional,
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  much more frequently than you would like.
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  Uh,
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  maybe they're there on a,
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  on a pretty regular basis,
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  having to make repairs.
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  Maybe it's nighttime week,
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  so on and so forth,
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  which it's just starting to eat into your pocket deeper and deeper.
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  Uh,
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  maybe,
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  uh,
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  you're seeing an increase in your utility bills.
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  Um,
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  now,
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  that could be a couple of things right now with obviously,
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  um,
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  utility rates on the rise.
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  Um,
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  however,
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  um,
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  aside from that,
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  um,
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  that system could be contributing to a very large portion of your utility increase.
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  Um,
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  and so also too,
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  just the simple age rule of thumb,
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  right,
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  of just time to consider if everything's been taken care of properly and different things.
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  Um,
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  at least ways for our part,
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  uh,
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  of the nation right here and in southern Ohio,
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  uh,
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  consumer reports state that,
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  you know,
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  12 years is the average and that's not saying that every system at 12 years and older should be replaced.
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  Uh,
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  I've seen them much,
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  much younger than that,
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  uh,
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  need to be replaced and also 2030 years old,
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  you know,
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  and replacing them.
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  But that's just the average when you start looking at that cost of ownership,
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  uh,
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  and different things.
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  It's kind of like a knee replacement for someone in their fifties.
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  Um,
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  you know,
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  maybe they can go until 70 or 80.
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  Uh,
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  but maybe they had a lot of injuries when they were in high school and college.
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  Maybe they played football or something and they had to get a replacement in their thirties.
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  My point to this,
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  everybody is that if you take care of your system,
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  it will take care of you over time.
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  It's much like changing the oil and other fluids in your car.
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  If you get your system maintained,
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  it can last longer.
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  But I'm pretty sure Nathan,
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  the system will get to a point if it's been neglected and abused where it just doesn't make sense to try to maintain it anymore.
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  100%.
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  Yeah,
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  you,
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  you hit a certain point.
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  If it's been neglected and abuse,
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  you're gonna hit some really large repairs or,
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  or a bunch of small repairs where it's just,
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  I mean,
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  it's just,
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  it's crazy to keep putting that money,
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  good money into something where you're not getting that return back out of it.
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  Um Like you mentioned,
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  you know,
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  taking care of that system,
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  good maintenance.
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  Um You know,
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  our,
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  our club members were out there twice a year so,
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  and clean their systems.
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  We've talked about that on,
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  on some previous uh podcasts,
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  but uh having that proper maintenance done,
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  uh not only reduces your utility rates and ongoing keeps that system with the factory fresh,
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  but like you mentioned,
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  it keeps that system lasting much longer.
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  It keeps your warranties valid.
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  It keeps the system lasting longer,
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  protecting that investment that you invested up front to have it installed.
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  Um And when it does come time you know,
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  back to utilities too.
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  Not only keeping that system clean and maintained,
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  helps save money and utilities and long life.
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  Um When it does come time and you do replace the system,
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  uh we give a guarantee to every system that we install.
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  Uh whether it be the,
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  the base model system or whether it be the Cadillac system,
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  but we give a 25% utility savings guarantee in writing with that new system.
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  Um And that just goes into all because of the design,
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  the air flow and,
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  and the steps and procedures that we take to properly design that system uh for your home.
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  And so uh all kinds of ways uh to save money,
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  um whether it be when it comes time to purchase that new system and,
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  and win as well as,
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  hey,
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  how do I keep it lasting as long as possible?
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  Both ways we can help.
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  My recommendation is to contact Nathan at his and his team at Shafer heating and cooling and have them assess your system at this time,
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  get it maintained.
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  If it needs to be replaced,
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  then start to get the regular maintenance.
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  So this new ac system will last forever or as long as it can,
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  I like to say forever,
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  it'll certainly last a lot longer.
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  It's like the person who does take care of themselves,
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  they're not eating the junk food.
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  And so they're eating healthy and going to the gym and going to the doctor for those regular maintenance checkups.
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  And that is really the key thing here,
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  isn't it,
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  Nathan?
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  100%.
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  You know,
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  we,
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  we do it to ourselves and we talk about it with our own health.
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  We take measurements,
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  right.
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  We're measuring,
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  you know,
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  our,
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  our intake,
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  our consumption of different types of foods.
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  We're measuring our cholesterol,
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  our blood pressure,
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  our weight,
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  you know,
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  all these different things we're measuring,
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  there's,
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  there's um certain spots where we should be at within those.
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  Uh our HV AC system is no different if you want to keep that system healthy and living a long time with the least amount of problems possible.
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  The same types of steps if you look at that way needs to be taken uh with that system.
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  Absolutely.
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  I totally agree.
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  Nathan,
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  thank you so much for joining me here today on the program.
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