AC Maintenance In a Gym At Elephant and Castle

AC Maintenance at Elephant Castle

Servicing is so important to make sure your #heatpump#ac unit is running efficiently. Especially at this time of year. 
Blocked filters can reduce efficiency by upto 50% as we found out at this Gym in #elephantandcastle

We were off to Air Conditioning Elephant and Castle today. It is one of London’s famous boroughs and was cited by Antonio in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. He says, “In the south suburbs, at the Elephant, is best to lodge.” Apparently, Shakespeare would often reference London in his plays possibly because the theatres were in Southwark within this general area. Perhaps “The Elephant” paid him commission for getting punters through the door!

Our job today was a maintenance task to assure an air conditioning system. Without maintenance an air conditioning system can reduce significantly in efficiency which causes an increase in energy usage as well as causing potential harm to components. The performance of the system declines and if neglected for too long, it can break down completely.

Air Conditioning Maintenance Elephant And Castle

Regular maintenance is essential on the filters, fins, and coils for the unit to keep efficiently functioning. One most important maintenance task that will ensure the efficiency of the air conditioning unit is routine maintenance of the filter or replacement. A clogged or dirty filter can reduce airflow and will allow dirty air to bypass the filter into the coils preventing heat absorbing capacity. The filter was blocked quite badly at this location by 50%!  No wonder there were issues. Bearing in mind this system is in a gym, it is under permanent pressure, so it is important the filter is changed every couple of months.  

The evaporator coil and condenser coil during months and years of service accumulate dirt and will be cleaned as part of regular maintenance. There are coils outdoors also which gather dirt. This is especially so if there is debris and foliage nearby or just everyday pollution. It is important to keep the area around the unit clear. 

Our maintenance programme will give you peace of mind and include checks for the correct amount of refrigerant , leaks, seal checks, airflow measurements, controllers, replacement of filters, cleaning and checks for accuracy and efficiency of system.

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Air Conditioning Services London

Simply Air Conditioning London has been installing, servicing, and repairing air conditioning systems across London and the South East for over 15 years. All engineers are F-Gas certified.

Quote from one of our happy air deflector free trial recipients:

“Our open plan office houses around 100 people. Air distribution and draft was an issue for some of them prior to fitting air deflectors. Since the fitting we’ve not had a single complaint!”

How we got here

Air conditioning is known to have been applied in Ancient Rome: aqueduct water was passed through walls of houses to cool them. In medieval Persia similar techniques involving the use of cisterns and wind towers were used in the hot season to cool buildings.

Modern air conditioning emerged after advances in 19th Century chemistry, and it was Willis Haviland Carrier who invented and first used a large-scale electrical air conditioning system in 1902.

Air Conditioner Definition

An appliance, unit, system, or machine designed to stabilise the temperature and humidity of air within an area (used for both heating as well as cooling). A refrigeration cycle is the most common method of achieving this although sometimes evaporative coolers are used for comfort cooling inside buildings and vehicles.

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