When you were married your father jokingly told your husband that before buying anything he should ask first. Your father went on to explain that almost anything you and your husband would need as new homeowners he was likely to have.
It may have seemed like an exaggeration at the time, but with two garages and a large Quonset full of things that he had collected over the years, your father really had accumulated doubles, and sometimes even triples, of mowers, snow blowers, edge trimmers, electric generators, and tools of nearly every shape and size.
At first, even though your husband had known your father for years, your husband was hesitant to take him up on the offer to tool and equipment shop through your father’s storage locations. When your husband talked about renting equipment from a company that specialized in generator services, you insisted that your husband call your Dad. As it turned out, your dad did not have the exact kind of generator your husband was looking for to do some power washing on the deck before repainting it. the phone conversation, however, gave your husband some really good pointers about questions he should ask when he contacted the generator services company.
Your father had some real preferences about residential generators. Most of the generators he had were actually too big for a job on a second floor smaller deck, but he provided an insight into how electric generators worked, as well as explaining the pricing for different types of electric generators. With these notes in hand, your husband contacted two different companies that provided generator services and felt like he was able to understand the choices that he needed to make.
Generator Services Are Especially Important As the Hottest Days of Summer 2016 Arrive
When many people think of generators they think of a stand alone piece of equipment that can be moved to various locations to help with many types of tasks. And while these are frequent users for residential generators, these machines are also used for running both commercial and residential generators in both large and small air conditioning units.
When temperatures in the central part of the U.S. hit record highs this week, it should come as no surprise that air conditioners cost American homeowners more than $11 billion a year. In addition, it takes regular maintenance and service to keep an air conditioner, its generator, and other parts running efficiently. In fact, replacing a generator that has not been properly serviced is an expense that many homeowners find themselves dealing with when the temperatures soar into the 100s. Nearly 66% of the homes in America have air conditioners, and, as a result, these air conditioning systems use about 5% of all of the electricity used in the country.
Having an Energy Efficient Home Is Becoming More and More Popular
Even in spite of proper maintenance, a failing generator can mean that an air conditioner needs to be replaced. And while no expensive replacement is good news for a homeowner, a new air conditioning system can provide many benefits. Did you know that heating and cooling costs account for nearly 48% of the energy use in a typical U.S. home? This obviously makes the heating and cooling the largest energy expense for most homes. Because of this expense, it is important to have a heating and cooling system that runs efficiently. Replacing an old air conditioner and switching to a high efficiency air conditioner model, combined with other actions to keep your home cool, could reduce energy use by as much as 20% to 50%. For this reason, some homeowners make the decision to replace their heating and cooling system even before it completely fails.
The decision to replace an aging air conditioning system not only saves an individual homeowner energy costs, it is also a decision to be more environmentally friendly. If, for example, a air conditioner is old, some home owners consider spending even more on the replacement and purchasing units that come with ENERGY STAR labels. Cooling and heating units that qualify for this rating are 10% more efficient than standard residential models. Additionally, ENERGY STAR qualified central units are as much as 15% more efficient than standard models.
