Now that the air conditioning has been turned on for the summer, people might be interested in this info from a fellow resident (Thanks Craig!):<\/p>\n
My downstairs heat pump wasn’t cooling very well this week, so I had A1 Maintenance Master come out and have a look. (978-937-5526). Turns out, historically, when old heat pump units have to be replaced with newer ones, as was done years ago in my unit before I bought it, it’s common that the new hardware’s radiator doesn’t align with the old vents in the bottom of the exterior panel that covers things. This often isn’t a problem, but, apparently, when the building system is finally working at 100% with maximum cooling in the system, this can cause frost to build up over the radiator fins in some units, and keep the “cool” inside the building system from reaching the air in the apartment. You can check this yourself by removing your exterior panel (by turning the screws at the top corners a quarter turn to release the catches) and having a look at where your radiator might be relative to the vents.<\/p>\n
The immediate work-around is to remove the exterior panel and turn things off and wait for the fins to defrost. (You can speed this up with a hair dryer or just using the heat pump fan). Then, just turn things back on with open air flow and things will be nice and cool right away. The long-term fix is to fabricate new vent openings that better align with the radiator. A1 is doing that for me, but any metal shop might do the same. (I recommend A1 for all of this, of course, but others may have additional good recommendations).<\/p>\n
Keep cool!<\/div>\n
Best,<\/div>\n
Craig.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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