LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A pile of broken air conditioners is growing in the work yard of Sun Country Heating & Cooling. It began forming just last week.
Service Technician Martin Rodriguez said each one belonged to a customer in distress because their unit was unable to “keep up” in the scorching heat. He’s now receiving up to 20 of those emergency calls daily, a stark rise from when he wasn’t receiving any just a month ago.
“Most times, (I work from) 8:00 to 8:00, or 8:00 to whenever I’m done,” Rodriguez said, standing next to the pile while discussing his current workload. “Units are just not designed to run at these extreme temperatures.”
As those in the Las Vegas valley yearn to cool off at home without heating up at the bank, he said they can take simple steps now to save money on energy usage before temperatures climb towards a potential peak of 118 degrees on Monday.
The simplest and most efficient method, he said, is to replace the air filter inside the unit. Replacements, free of the debris and dust they’re designed to collect that could prevent cool airflow, are found inside most home improvement retailers.