{"id":3945,"date":"2021-04-30T07:27:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T14:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:00:10","slug":"reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the New Jersey summer months, the difference between you and your family living in comfort or suffering through heat waves can be a well-functioning AC unit. The last thing one of your family members wants to have happen is to return home after a long day out in the sun to be hit with even hotter air when they open the front door. Unfortunately, there are many reasons your AC might fail. Here are some of them.<\/span>
\n

Vents Are Not Open<\/h2>
\nIf the AC doesn\u2019t seem to be working, make sure all your vents are open. It is a simple fix but is a problem that can be easily overlooked. Vents blocked by furniture, dirt, or debris can also impede the airflow through the system. <\/span>
\n

Fans Are Not Working Correctly<\/h2>
\nFans are an essential part of your AC system. After all, if the air isn\u2019t being moved through your system, the cold air isn\u2019t being forced into your home, and the hot air isn\u2019t being forced out. There are many reasons that the fans may not be working correctly, including electrical problems and leaks in the components that cool the air. It is also important to note that any dust and dirt built up on the fans will cause inefficiency.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n

The Thermostat Is Inaccurate<\/h2>
\nAnother common reason that an AC system isn\u2019t working as it should is that the thermostat isn\u2019t set correctly. This can cause the AC to not turn on when it\u2019s supposed to, even when it\u2019s set to very low temperatures. The fix to this might be as simple as replacing the batteries; however, often it is more complicated than that. <\/span>
\n

Your AC Hasn\u2019t Been Professionally Inspected<\/h2>
\nThe truth is that many AC problems are caused by subtle leaks or inefficient energy use. A professional can spot damage to your system that is not apparent. A professional can also make sure none of the components are outdated or of low quality. To schedule an AC inspection by experts, <\/span>contact R. Poust, Inc.<\/span><\/a> today. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the New Jersey summer months, the difference between you and your family living in comfort or suffering through heat waves can be a well-functioning AC unit. The last thing one of your family members wants to have happen is to return home after a long day out in the sun to be hit with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[63,64],"class_list":["post-3945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-maintenance","category-seasonal-tips","tag-ac-issues","tag-ac-repair"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly - R Poust<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly - R Poust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During the New Jersey summer months, the difference between you and your family living in comfort or suffering through heat waves can be a well-functioning AC unit. The last thing one of your family members wants to have happen is to return home after a long day out in the sun to be hit with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"R Poust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-30T14:27:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-11T06:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"R. Poust Inc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"R. Poust Inc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/\",\"name\":\"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly - R Poust\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-30T14:27:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-11T06:00:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/23fb17493a2341a63b198152158ca93d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/\",\"name\":\"R Poust\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/23fb17493a2341a63b198152158ca93d\",\"name\":\"R. Poust Inc\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df52c3b0f2237ea5290db4f4ec0a70ee161558cabd207728d77fbeb47d6814bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df52c3b0f2237ea5290db4f4ec0a70ee161558cabd207728d77fbeb47d6814bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"R. Poust Inc\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly - R Poust","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly - R Poust","og_description":"During the New Jersey summer months, the difference between you and your family living in comfort or suffering through heat waves can be a well-functioning AC unit. The last thing one of your family members wants to have happen is to return home after a long day out in the sun to be hit with","og_url":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/","og_site_name":"R Poust","article_published_time":"2021-04-30T14:27:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-11T06:00:10+00:00","author":"R. Poust Inc","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"R. Poust Inc","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/","url":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/","name":"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly - R Poust","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-04-30T14:27:48+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-11T06:00:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/23fb17493a2341a63b198152158ca93d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/reasons-your-ac-might-be-failing-to-work-properly\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reasons Your AC Might Be Failing to Work Properly"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/","name":"R Poust","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/23fb17493a2341a63b198152158ca93d","name":"R. Poust Inc","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rpoustinc.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df52c3b0f2237ea5290db4f4ec0a70ee161558cabd207728d77fbeb47d6814bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df52c3b0f2237ea5290db4f4ec0a70ee161558cabd207728d77fbeb47d6814bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"R. Poust Inc"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25529,"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions\/25529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solocalmarketing.com\/rpousttest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}