I get these occasional home reminder/advice tips from Manage My Life. Half of the time it doesn't make any sense to me. Today they recommend turning off power to central A/C for winter:
http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/articles/authored/off-the-power-to-your-ac
It says:
Quote:
Do one of the following:
- On your main electrical panel, locate the fuse or breaker marked "air conditioner." Remove the fuse or flip the breaker to Off.
- Flip the handle on the outdoor shutoff near the compressor to the Off position.
In my house, the A/C and heater is part of the same system and therefore I don't have a separate circuit breaker just for A/C. There is also no handle of any sort to be found on the outdoor units.
I've been in this house over 2 years now and never did anything to the heat/AC units apart from flipping the thermostats from COOL to HEAT and back and replacing air and humidifier filters. Is there something I need to be doing in addition to this?
Thanks.
http://www.managemylife.com/mmh/articles/authored/off-the-power-to-your-ac
It says:
Quote:
Do one of the following:
- On your main electrical panel, locate the fuse or breaker marked "air conditioner." Remove the fuse or flip the breaker to Off.
- Flip the handle on the outdoor shutoff near the compressor to the Off position.
In my house, the A/C and heater is part of the same system and therefore I don't have a separate circuit breaker just for A/C. There is also no handle of any sort to be found on the outdoor units.
I've been in this house over 2 years now and never did anything to the heat/AC units apart from flipping the thermostats from COOL to HEAT and back and replacing air and humidifier filters. Is there something I need to be doing in addition to this?
Thanks.