A Guide for Homeowners in Raleigh and Fuquay Varina, NC
Understanding how your air conditioner works, in and around Fuquay and Raleigh, helps you appreciate what it does and recognize when something’s wrong.
Here’s the basic process:
- Heat Gets Removed From Inside Air: Your air conditioner doesn’t actually create cold air; it removes heat from the air inside your home and moves it outside. The indoor unit pulls warm air across cold evaporator coils filled with refrigerant, which absorbs the heat from your indoor air.
- Refrigerant Carries Heat Outside: The refrigerant, now holding all that absorbed heat, travels through copper lines to the outdoor condenser unit, where the heat gets released into the outside air. The compressor pressurizes the refrigerant to make this heat transfer process work efficiently.
- Cool Air Gets Distributed Throughout Your Home: Once the heat is removed, the now-cooled air gets blown back into your home through your ductwork by the blower fan. Your thermostat monitors the temperature and cycles the system on and off to maintain your desired comfort level.
- The Process Repeats Continuously: This cycle continues over and over, constantly removing heat from your home and releasing it outside. As long as the system has power and all components are working properly, it keeps removing heat to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature.
- Humidity Gets Reduced Too: As warm air passes over those cold evaporator coils, moisture in the air condenses on the coils and drains away, which is why your AC also acts as a dehumidifier. This humidity removal is just as important as cooling for comfort in humid North Carolina summers.
It sounds complex, but we help make it simple. If you need help with your air conditioning, call Dawson’s Electric & Air at 919-887-8284 today!
