Introduction: Welcome to newtons heating and air conditioning blog. Today we are talking to our customers in Saint Pete Florida. I am HVAC contractor and at newtons heating and air conditioning we have experienced HVAC technicians that are working under me and we have combined working experience of nearly 40 years between just two of us. We specialize in HVAC repair, HVAC maintenance, HVAC installation and we can take care of all of your HVAC service needs in Saint Pete Florida. In addition for Saint Pete Florida customers we are pros at doing any heat pump repair, they are our specialty and are very common in Saint Pete Florida. We not only strive to be a Affordable HVAC company in heating and cooling but the best HVAC company in Pinellas county. In our blogs you will be able to learn about proper AC repairs and heating repairs and great HVAC installation tips. I hope you enjoy this article and we hope with these informationally rich articles that we maybe be able to take care of all your residential HVAC services needs. The main take away of these articles is to inform you about the best practices you can do as a homeowner and how to protect your self from unfair business practices. We do truly believe in honesty over sales and will do our best to do only Ac repairs or Ac service before ever recommending a ac installation. We know getting a Air conditioner installation is one of the biggest investments you can make as a homeowner. The last thing i want to make clear before we move onto this article. The most important thing you can do as a homeowner to help prevent unexpected air conditioner repairs or heater repairs is do get air conditioning maintenances or HVAC tune ups regularly or twice a year. While getting an annual maintenances done does help, getting an Air conditioner service done twice a year is better to avoid costly Air conditioning replacement. Thank you and we hope you enjoy this article, We love serving Saint Pete Florida!
Our topic for today: In the field as a HVAC contractor and HVAC technician in Saint Pete Florida i get the same question all of the time. Should i add vinegar or bleach into my drain to help keep it clean. Well it seems like every HVAC contractor or HVAC technician has a different answer but i will tell you my opinion as a HVAC contractor at newtons heating and air conditioning and where this debate comes from. Originally especially for technician that have been doing HVAC for more than 20 years have always been taught to use bleach. While bleach does help with keeping your drain line clean and protentional even more then vinegar it has one major draw back. In Saint Pete Florida i can safely say 4 out of 10 calls in the summer time is related to the drain line being clogged. This is because there is always water going through the drain so it builds up with algae. Lets say you add your bleach and the drain is some what clogged. Well the bleach you just added to help your system will back up and go to where your evaporator coil is at. This can actually corrode your evaporator coil and make it leak refrigerant. Now after trying to help your system you could have damaged the coil and this part is one of the major reasons a person would considered replacing their system. If your unit is out of warranty it can easily cost over 2000 dollars to have this replaced. On the flip side you can spray white vinegar on your evaporator coil directly and it will never damage your coil. Older coil in units that are over 20 years old had copper coils and were for durable and very forgiving. Now evaporator coils are made out of aluminum and you can flick them and it seems they have a leak. There is actually a better way to clean your drain though which is sucking out the drain from outside with a shop vac. This will actually remove the algae and is better than vinegar and bleach combined. If you are going to add a cup of vinegar you should add approximately 1 cup of white vinegar. So in conclusion if your going to add something into your drain line always add vinegar and you may just save yourself from a costly HVAC repair. Lastly you can always get a HVAC tune up done and we can actually clean that drain line for you so you don’t even have to think about so long as you don’t get your HVAC maintenance annually and get it done twice a year. If you like this article and would like to see more like it you can visit us at www.newtonsheatingandairconditioning.com