On average, your home could have as many as 300 electrical surges each year. These surges can affect the electronics in your home as well as your HVAC system. Surges are caused by lightning, disruptions in power quality, and even by the cycling of your home appliances. It may help you to learn the causes and effects of a power surge and how you can protect your HVAC system when one occurs.
What Is a Power Surge?
A power surge is a high-amplitude, short-duration power fluctuation that can damage electronic equipment and appliances. The most common source of surges comes from within your home. According to General Electric (GE) and National Power Labs (NPL), up to 80 percent of transient power surges take place inside your home. Your washer and dryer, well or pool pump, dishwasher, refrigerator and other appliances in your home can all cause power surges that can affect your air conditioning system. Other causes are lightning and decreased power quality. Power quality can be affected by capacitor switching, inductive loads, and more. As a society, we have become more dependent on electrical power and due to increased use and population, maintaining consistent power to their customers can be a challenge for power companies.
How Can I Protect My HVAC System from a Power Surge?
Other than being aware of an approaching thunderstorm, rarely is there a way to know that a power surge is imminent. The best way to protect your HVAC system is to have your Orlando AC repair service install a surge protector. A surge protector redirects an energy overload into the ground so that the surge of energy does not reach the air conditioning system. A quality surge protector can help protect your HVAC system by reducing the degradation of the system over time or in some cases, the complete loss of the system. Some surge protectors can handle up to 100,000 amps of surge current. Ask your Orlando air conditioning repair technician what kind of surge protector is best for protecting your equipment. Often surge protectors are covered by a lifetime warranty. For more information visit https://americanairandheat.com/.
Power surges are unpredictable because they can come from different sources and are caused by many different circumstances. To avoid losses it is best to protect your expensive appliances, such as your HVAC system. A surge protector is an effective way to avoid expensive repair costs or total replacement of your AC unit. Your Orlando AC repair professional can install a surge protector that can protect your HVAC system.
