Heating and Cooling in Virginia
Thomasson Enterprises offers quality installation, replacement, maintenance, and repair services on all major brands of heating and cooling in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, and the rest of Hampton Roads.. We have built our business around providing the best and most professional HVAC solutions in the Hampton Roads area. We are located at 3301 Mariner Ave. in Portsmouth, VA. Call us today at 757.398.1820 or schedule online.
Happy Birthday Dean!
Posted: 2011-07-20
Dean Thomasson hit the big 5-0 today. And here's what his office looked like this morning:
Ice on your Air Conditioner?
Posted: 2010-06-16
Have you ever looked at your outside air conditioning unit on a hot day and seen ice? This might seem like a good thing, but it is actually a sign that your air conditioner isn't working properly.
Ice on a unit means that it isn't properly transferring heat, which means the unit is just blowing air around without cooling it first. This means the unit is running well below peak efficiency: costing you money and not keeping you as comfortable as you could be. The most common cause is a lack of refrigerant (possibly due to a leak), but ice can also be a sign of more serious problems.
If you see ice begin to form on your air conditioner, it's time to call the experts; your unit could stop cooling completely.
A/C Start Assists: Good for Your System
Posted: 2010-05-03
Light bulbs are most likely to burn out when they first turn on. This is caused by "in-rush current", which occurs in most electronics. When electronic devices start up, they draw extra power, which can put higher stress on the device and increase energy costs.
The same thing happens in air conditioning units. When the unit first starts up, it takes extra power to get th e compressor running (up to ten times more than it takes to keep it running). This decreases the life of the compressor and increases energy costs of the air conditioner.
Start Assists (also called Hard Starts or Superboost) greatly reduce the necessary in-rush current of an air conditioning unit by starting the compressor twice as fast. Considering that an air conditioner can start around 4000 times in a single summer, this little boost for a system really adds up to extend compressor life and reduce energy costs.