Monday Midday Must-Reads

Happy Summer, Sky Talk readers. We're boiling today in Dallas/Fort Worth, heading towards triple-digit heat so here are some highlights to read in the air-conditioning.

-Southwest chief executive Gary Kelly said Baltimore could become an international hub for the low-cost carrier. “The geography is good, the local market is very strong, so that helps adding additional flights, and its been a candidate in our minds for as long as we’ve been thinking about expanding internationally,” Kelly told Baltimore business leaders on Friday .

-It's taken over two years but the US Airways Flight 1549 "Miracle on the Hudson" aircraft will finally make it to Charlotte, North Carolina this week. The Airbus 320 involved in the incident has been sitting in a New Jersey warehouse since it was fished out of the river.

Care Tips for Your Frigidaire Air Conditioner | I Do Articles

Care Tips for Your Frigidaire Air Conditioner

Care Tip 1. Do not abuse your Frigidaire air conditioner. An air conditioner that is kept on even when no one is around to benefit from the cooling is an air conditioner in trouble. The best thing to do in such situations is to turn it off, obviously, but if you are the sort of person who is like to come back home to an already-cool room and you are only stepping out for an hour or less, then it is permissible to keep it on. However, you should put the setting on low. Not only does this keep your unit from being strained unnecessarily, it also helps you keep household electricity bills down.

Care Tip 2. Make it a habit to clean your air conditioning unit’s filters. Clean filters maximize air conditioning efficiency and also prevent you from experiencing allergic reactions to dust that have collected in the air conditioners system. Respiratory problems may be caused by unsanitary filter practices, so vigilance is an absolute in this case. There shall eventually come a time when a filter needs to be changed, so checking every other day-if not every day-shall help you monitor your unit’s needs. If you find ice on your evaporator, that usually means you need to change your filters.

Care Tip 3. Always check all portals to the room in which you are about to turn on an air conditioning unit. It is tempting to simply walk into a room and assume that it is sealed enough for the air conditioning to work at its most efficient, but this ignores the possibility that there might be gaps or a door might be left ajar and letting cool air escape.

Care Tip 4. Seal off windows in rooms being cooled by the air conditioning unit. You may use whatever you want for this, including household items like tape. Duct tape works brilliantly for sealing off edges and gaps.

Care Tip 5. Arrange for a professional to do a manual check-up on the Frigidaire air conditioner at least twice a year. This is not expensive and shall also ensure that you have someone checking for problems that may cost you more lately when they get worse. Consider it a safety measure against your own maintenance.

There are many other ways to extend the lifespan and enhance the efficiency of a Frigidaire air conditioner . Always check that there are no objects that have accumulated on the outer part of the air conditioners . The condenser should also be kept free of anything that might obstruct its job of drawing in air for the cooling process.

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