This post is the second in a series on furnace maintenance, seasonal startup, and high efficiency gas furnaces. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Furnace repair (continued) Fortunately, the pros at Polar are here to get your system back up and running as soon as possible. If your furnace goes out on a weekend or holiday, you’re probably dreading the extra charges your HVAC company is going to pile on for them to […]
Read more ›The seasons are changing! Is your furnace ready? It’s that time of year again – time to winterize the swamp cooler if you haven’t yet (check out our last post series for more info on getting that done) and get the furnace fired up. Nobody likes getting up on the roof or crawling around in that dusty old furnace closet. But have no fear, the pros at Polar HVAC are here to help with all of your heating and cooling […]
Read more ›This post is the eighteenth in a multi part series on swamp cooler maintenance, repair, and replacement options like a heat pump. If you haven’t read the previous parts, I recommend you do before continuing. Advantages of heat pumps (continued) They produce milder temperatures than a furnace – Many homes are not very well insulated. For the coldest days of winter, this means we need a huge furnace capacity to heat them. Unfortunately, this also results in huge temperature swings […]
Read more ›This post is the seventeenth in a multi part series on swamp cooler maintenance, repair, and replacement options like a heat pump. If you haven’t read the previous parts, I recommend you do before continuing. How do heat pumps work? (continued) This allows heat pumps to remove heat from the inside of your home and deposit it outside during summer, and reverse the process for winter, drawing heat from the outside air and depositing it in your home. Unfortunately, in […]
Read more ›This post is the sixteenth in a multi part series on swamp cooler repair, maintenance, and replacement options, like refrigerated air conditioning. If you haven’t read parts 1 – 15, I recommend you do before continuing. Drawbacks of refrigerated air conditioning Uses more electricity – Swamp coolers use the power of evaporation to do their cooling work, which means they’re far more energy efficient than refrigerated air systems. However, modern refrigerated air technology has come a long way in efficiency, […]
Read more ›This post is the fifteenth in a multi part series on swamp cooler repair, maintenance, and replacement options, like refrigerated air conditioning. If you haven’t read parts 1 – 14, I recommend you do before continuing. Advantages of refrigerated air conditioning (continued) Air filtration – Refrigerated air conditioning systems use HEPA filters to clean the air they blow into your home. A direct evaporative cooler, on the other hand, draws air directly from outside. This air can bring in smoke […]
Read more ›This post is the fourteenth in a multi part series on swamp cooler repair, maintenance, and replacement options, like refrigerated air conditioning. If you haven’t read parts 1 – 13, I recommend you do before continuing. Elements of the refrigeration cycle (continued) Expansion Valve Refrigerant enters the expansion valve as a high pressure liquid. The expansions valve restricts and limits the flow of the refrigerant, dropping its pressure as it enters the “low side” of the loop. Evaporator The refrigerant […]
Read more ›This post is the thirteenth in a multi part series on swamp cooler repair, maintenance, and replacement options, like refrigerated air conditioning. If you haven’t read parts 1 – 12, I recommend you do before continuing. Elements of the refrigeration cycle (continued) Compressor The refrigeration cycle works on a basic law of physics: when liquids change state into gaseous from, they absorb heat, and when gases change state into a liquid, they give off heat. This sounds great, but how […]
Read more ›This post is the twelfth in a multi part series on swamp cooler repair, maintenance, and replacement. If you haven’t read parts 1 – 11, I recommend you do before continuing. Option 2: replace your old swamp cooler with a refrigerated air conditioning system It used to be the case that refrigerated air systems were simply too expensive to operate to be worth it for New Mexico homeowners. Fortunately, advancements in refrigerated air conditioning technology mean that modern units are […]
Read more ›This post is the eleventh in a multi part series on swamp cooler repair, maintenance, and replacement. If you haven’t read parts 1 – 10, I recommend you do before continuing. Two stage evaporative coolers – “hybrid” systems Two stage evaporative coolers utilize the technologies found in both direct and indirect systems. This is why they are sometimes called “hybrid” swamp coolers. Two stage swamp coolers represent the apex of swamp cooler technology and design. The first stage of a […]
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