{"id":398,"date":"2017-09-04T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2025-06-30T06:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:50:01","slug":"ac-making-you-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/ac-making-you-sweat\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your AC Making You Sweat at the End of Summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Air_Conditioning_iStock_000041910608_Double-me-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"women-with-fan\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Air_Conditioning_iStock_000041910608_Double-me-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Air_Conditioning_iStock_000041910608_Double-me-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Air_Conditioning_iStock_000041910608_Double-me.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>New York summers can get pretty miserable right as they\u2019re about to make their exit. August and September can bring in some muggy, sweaty days. Your home\u2019s air conditioner won\u2019t get much of a break until we\u2019ve gotten clear into October.<\/p>\n<p>How is your AC doing right now? If it\u2019s handled the summer in decent shape so far, but it\u2019s starting to act like it has run a marathon and is slowing down before it keels over\u2026 the smart move is to give our experts a call and have it checked out and fixed. We know it\u2019s tempting to let it go because the hot season is almost over, but trust our decades of experience on this job: ignoring a repair need is almost guaranteed to cause it to become worse! Plus, you don\u2019t want to risk your AC conking out on you during one of these last heat spells. If it\u2019s already got a malfunction, the sudden pressure on it to deal with a sweltering day can cause it to shut down. We\u2019ve got your back with <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">air conditioning service in Staten Island, NY<\/a> when that happens\u2014but wouldn\u2019t you rather it <em>didn\u2019t<\/em> happen in the first place?<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Some Warnings Signs Your AC Needs Our Help!<\/h2>\n<p>Your air conditioner has ways of telling you that it\u2019s having problems. Some are more obvious than others. (An AC that won\u2019t turn on at all\u2014that\u2019s obvious.) Below are some of the warning signs you might overlook:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Odd noises from the AC: <\/strong>An \u201codd noise\u201d in this case means anything you don\u2019t normally hear when the air conditioner is operating. The standard noise of the fans, the compressor, and the drip of condensation\u2014when this white noise is interrupted with clicking, buzzing, grinding, and hissing sounds, have our technicians come in and take a look.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unpleasant odors:<\/strong> An air conditioner may start to sense odd smells through the vents for a couple of reasons. There might be leaks in the ventilation system allowing dust and dirt into the ducts. This will require our team to <a href=\"\/indoor-air-quality\/duct-repair-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seal and repair the ducts<\/a>. The AC could be losing power and allowing excess humidity to build up. Or the Freon on the refrigerant lines is leaking, which creates a distinctive smell.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hot spots in the house:<\/strong> Are some rooms in your home hotter than they normally are? It could be poor insulation, but it also might be the air conditioner\u2019s cooling capacity is dropping, reducing airflow to the rooms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A short-cycling compressor:<\/strong> Short-cycling is when the compressor of the AC doesn\u2019t complete its full cooling cycle and instead shuts down too early. There\u2019s no set time for how long the compressor needs to run, so you\u2019ll only notice short-cycling when the compressor is starting and stopping multiple times an hour. There are many potential causes for short-cycling, from a clogged air filter to an improperly installed air conditioner. It might even be a thermostat on the fritz. The important thing is to let our HVAC experts examine the AC and find out what\u2019s putting all this extra stress on the compressor\u2014before the compressor suffers damage!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Call on Scaran for Your AC Needs in Staten Island. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/contact-us\/service\">Comfort That Lasts. Service You Can Trust.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got your back with air conditioning service in Staten Island, NY when that happens\u2014but wouldn\u2019t you rather it didn\u2019t happen in the first place?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[13,87,88],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-service","tag-air-conditioning","tag-air-conditioning-repair","tag-staten-island"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1533,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}