Archive for May, 2008

Dirty Coils – How To Make Friends With Your Utility Company

Pay more money for your electricity and get less cooling. Gee whiz, what a deal! If you do not change out your filters regularly, and even if you do and have return d

uct leaks, the picture above may represent what you have in your home. Every two years, evaporator coil cleaning should be evaluated.

Or, your utility company will just love you sending them more money! Cheers!

Removing Non-condensables

Why you should use PFE30.  We always pull vacuums!  Non-condensables lower tonnage performance and can lead to acid damage to your system.

Summer’s here…

Already the phone is ringing! For awhile, I was wondering about all of the moderate weather. It just took some time to warm-up, and I expect this summer to be a warm one. We’ll see.

Found another system today with an extreme case of non-condensables. It was of special interest because my vacuum pump died while in Bay St. Louis this past weekend (see the previous post). Anyway, I bought a new one to try out, and it didn’t take long to have a need for its use.

Non-condensable air and other gases lower your ac performance and leads to premature failure as the moisture from the air causes the “freon” components of chlorine and fluorine to form hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids. Bye, bye, metal parts. Acids like that eat you up.

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A Special Start-up In Bay St. Louis, MS

Practically Free Energy had the honor to work with the MS Baptist Recovery organization and FBC-Jackson Missions to provide air conditioning and heating installation for Patricia Tarver. Patricia, obviously a Katrina survivor, is so thankful to everyone involved. It was a special blessing to be a part of this installation.

Volunteers from First Baptist Jackson helped install low leakage ductwork and a new American Standard heat pump system. The results: Just Awesome! It cools, dehumidifies, and runs in almost total silence. Team members from FBC-Jackson and MS Baptist Recovery commented on the quietness of the system.

PFE30 included the heat pump system and ZeroDraft polyurethane foam sealing for air tightness. A digital, programmable thermostat was also included. This is a TXV system that measured 10.9 degress subcool – a near perfect setup of R22 (freon) refrigerant. Patricia Tarver received a system that outperforms most Bridgewater (Ridgeland, MS) installations. We’re so happy to share the PFE30 love: comfortable air and low energy bills!  She deserves it and our continued prayers for full recovery.

New commercial scheduled to run in June…

We’ve produced a new television ad for PFE30 that is scheduled to run in Rankin County starting in June. This will be a key vehicle to introduce the PFE30 family of solutions to the area. I’ve given a special preview of the spot below…


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