Air conditioner maintenance
Why is air conditioner maintenance important?
Regular maintenance of your air conditioner is essential for optimal performance and a long service life. Here are some key reasons why maintaining an air conditioner is crucial:
- Efficiency and energy savings: A well-maintained air conditioner works more efficiently. By cleaning or replacing filters regularly and having the system checked, you make sure the air conditioner uses less energy. This leads to lower energy costs and more sustainable use of your system.
- Improved air quality: During maintenance, filters and air ducts are cleaned. This helps remove dust, allergens and other contaminants, which results in better air quality in your home or office. A clean air conditioner contributes to a healthier indoor climate.
- Preventing problems: Regular maintenance allows engineers to spot and fix potential problems early, before they cause serious damage. This can prevent expensive repairs and uncomfortable situations in the future.
- Longer service life: By maintaining your air conditioner properly, you extend the life of the unit. A well-maintained system can run trouble-free for years, which saves a considerable amount on replacement costs.
- Warranty conditions: Many manufacturers set maintenance requirements to keep the warranty valid. By having maintenance carried out regularly, you make sure you meet these conditions and that your warranty does not lapse.
Legal obligation
Since 1 January 2015 the rules for leak checks have changed. These checks are carried out during maintenance of your split air conditioner. Does your installation contain refrigerant with a CO₂ equivalent of 5 tonnes or more? Then you are required to have the installation serviced every year. Installations below 5 tonnes are not covered by this maintenance obligation.
Modern air conditioners use two types of refrigerant: R410A and R32. R32 is the newest variant and has a lower CO₂ equivalent, which makes it more environmentally friendly. We advise having installations that use older refrigerants replaced, and having the old system removed by a specialist.
CO₂ equivalent per refrigerant
Aircobrabant works exclusively with latest-generation refrigerants.
R32 mandatory check from: 7.5 kg = 5.063 ton
R410A mandatory check from: 2.3 kg = 5.011 ton
Subscription
We offer maintenance subscriptions with no commitments. You only receive an invoice after the maintenance has been carried out. Maintenance customers always get priority for service requests and pay no call-out charge for faults.
We only maintain installations that were supplied and installed by Aircobrabant.
Terms and work included in air conditioning maintenance
Work included:
- Checking that the installation works properly
- Refrigeration inspection
- Cleaning/disinfecting the evaporator(s) and the condensate tray.
- Cleaning the condenser and fan
- Testing the condensate drain
- Checking the prescribed pressures and temperatures
- Cleaning and, if necessary, replacing the air filters (at extra cost)
- Updating the required F-gas records.
Other work:
All work that falls outside this subscription but is still necessary for the equipment being maintained to function properly will be carried out by Aircobrabant for an additional fee, in consultation with and on instruction from the customer. During this appointment, small parts can be replaced straight away (up to € 50 without consultation). Other repairs are only carried out after consultation.
R22
Installations that use the refrigerant R-22 may no longer be repaired from 1 January 2015. Aircobrabant will not repair R-22 installations but will replace them after consultation.
Access to equipment
The customer ensures that, during the work, access to the equipment is good, safe and open for our service engineers. Aircobrabant service engineers may refuse to work in dangerous situations. Costs of improving safety will be charged on.
Carrying out maintenance
Maintenance is carried out by arrangement. Work takes place on working days between 8:00 and 17:00.
Payment
Payment must be made within 14 days of the work being carried out. Private customers must pay immediately after the maintenance has been carried out.
Agreement
By taking out a maintenance subscription, you hand over the care of your installation(s) to us. This gives you priority for faults after the maintenance has been carried out, and no call-out charge is made.
(Annual: 12 months. Every two years: 24 months).
Faults are fixed on working days between 8:00 and 17:00.
