{"id":891,"date":"2023-09-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/?p=891"},"modified":"2023-09-16T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T23:54:15","slug":"this-little-fan-sensor-could-be-causing-your-air-conditioner-big-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/this-little-fan-sensor-could-be-causing-your-air-conditioner-big-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"This Little Fan Sensor Could Be Causing Your Air Conditioner Big Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your AC kicks to life when it needs to, but then it powers down when it\u2019s no longer needed, lying in wait for the next signal from your thermostat to roar to life. You don\u2019t have to really do anything besides set and forget the temperature, and your air conditioner will work with your thermostat to do the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there\u2019s this unlikely, yet important air conditioning repair in Chester, PA<\/a> that you need to be aware of: a small sensor that can cause a lot of havoc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s Talk About the Blower Motor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your air conditioner has a blower motor. It\u2019s responsible for pushing air through your ductwork so it actually reaches your vents and disperses into your home. That motor creates the necessary pressure that your ductwork needs and it\u2019s done by the small sensor on your blower motor called a resistor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you might imagine, a resistor is something that resists electricity. This is important because the speed of your blower motor not only impacts the flow of air, but the sensor itself can accidentally heat up air before it travels through your ductwork. Let\u2019s explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That Sensor Can Overheat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inside of a resistor, there\u2019s a device called a heat sink. These are commonplace in most small electronics, especially computers and smartphones. Since heat is a byproduct of electricity, and it\u2019s unavoidable, we need somewhere for excess heat to go when an electronic device generates or uses lots of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the job of the heat sink, but if that sensor on the blower motor runs into trouble, it can go a little haywire. The result is a sensor that\u2019s not resisting electricity the way it\u2019s supposed to. Your blower motor runs faster than it needs to, and the maximum amount of heat is created in your sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should go to the heat sink, but even then, the heat sink isn\u2019t magic\u2013it doesn\u2019t sap away all heat and pull it somewhere else entirely. If this sensor overheats and doesn\u2019t resist electricity the way it\u2019s supposed to, excess heat can warm the otherwise cool air in your ductwork before it reaches your vents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do You Know if it\u2019s the Sensor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an internal piece, so it\u2019s not something you can see from the outside of your air conditioner. If you\u2019re experiencing warm air coming out of your vents, but you\u2019ve made sure your air filter has been changed out, the coils aren\u2019t freezing, and the problem is otherwise baffling you, it may be this sensor. It\u2019s an uncommon issue, but it\u2019s one you may face at least once throughout the lifetime of your air conditioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule Repairs ASAP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Any time an electronic overheats, it\u2019s a big enough problem to call in a repair request over. There\u2019s no telling what this could lead to or if it could fry the circuitry going to your blower motor, which is why you should call the moment you experience warm air coming out of an otherwise functional air conditioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Michall Daimion Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. today<\/strong><\/a> to schedule your air conditioner repair as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your air conditioner has many working parts, and this unsuspecting little sensor could be causing trouble for the whole system.<\/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":[23,114],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-service","tag-air-conditioner-repair","tag-chester"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daimion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}