Air Conditioning Articles

Your air conditioner (AC) can do several things––keep your Deleware home’s indoor air cooler than outdoor temperatures, help to keep indoor airborne allergens at bay, and help keep your home’s humidity low. But one thing it can’t do is kill mold.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as many as 60 million Americans have allergic rhinitis part-time or year-round.

Today’s air conditioner (AC) is based on a prototype invented in 1902 by Willis Carrier, an engineer from Buffalo, New York. Unlike earlier forms of cooling, Carrier’s model controlled the temperature by removing heat and humidity from the air.  Below are some air conditioning basics.

It’s a hot day outdoors, and you are inside your Lewes home waiting for your air conditioning (AC) system to kick into full gear.  But instead of cool air coming out of your vents, all you feel is hot air!  Why is my AC blowing hot air?

The US Department of Energy (DOE) says air conditioning can account for 35 to 40 percent of your utility bill here in Delaware. At Messina Plumbing, Electric & HVAC, we take energy efficiency seriously.

Should you repair or replace? That’s always the big question when it comes to major home systems like air conditioning (AC).