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4 Ways to Keep Your House Cool in South Florida
There is more than one way to keep your house cool. Here are four ways to keep your air conditioning unit from doing all the work. The air conditioner makes any home comfortable by drawing in outside air and removing from inside the house. While it may be tempting to...
8 Ways to Clog Your Sink Garbage Disposal Drain
Garbage disposals are wonderful plumbing inventions, with the ability to pulverize most of your food waste with a few flicks of a switch. But just like any contraption, your garbage disposal is going to start giving you trouble if you are not using it in the right...
Benefits of Tankless Water Heaters
If you have noticed that your water heater is not working correctly or is not producing enough hot water, it may be time for a replacement – especially if it’s an older model. As water heating systems age, parts and repairs become more expensive, but the larger costs...
E•D•S Air Conditioning and Plumbing Opens in Stuart, Martin County
E•D•S Air Conditioning and Plumbing has opened a new location in Stuart, Florida. E•D•S Air Conditioning and Plumbing has serviced Palm Beach and Martin County since 2006, and now can better serve its residential and commercial Martin customers with its new location...
Hurricane Irma, E.D.S is Open and Accepting Service Calls
We hope that our clients and neighbors made it through Hurricane Irma well, and with as little damage and inconvenience as possible. E.D.S Air Conditioning and Plumbing is open and taking service calls for the Palm Beach and Martin County areas.
E•D•S Announces South Florida Plumbing Service
Our clients asked and we listened- E•D•S Air is proud to now offer plumbing services. For over ten years, we have been serving Palm Beach County’s home and business owners with all their cooling and heating needs. We are now bringing that same superior...
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HOW DOES AN AIR CONDITIONER WORK?
How does an air conditioner work? Air conditioners and refrigerators work the same way. Instead of cooling just the small, insulated space inside of a refrigerator, an air conditioner cools a room, a whole house, or an entire business. Air conditioners use...
AIR CONDITIONING DUCTWORK LAYOUT / DESIGN / BALANCE / AIRFLOW
Leaks in the air conditioning duct system are one of the top three energy wasters in most homes. The U.S. Department of Energy did a study a few years ago and found that duct systems leak about 40% of the air they're moving. In far more homes than you might suspect,...
Money Saving Reasons Why You Should Replace Your Thermostat
YOUR CURRENT THERMOSTAT OPERATES MANUALLY Manual thermostats with dials and sliders were fine for many decades when they were the only option for controlling your central air conditioning system. Digital models have brought a new level of precision to temperature...
WHEN CONSIDERING A NEW CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, THESE POINTS OF INTEREST MAY HELP WITH YOUR DECISION PROCESS
SIZE / LOCATION / DESIGN FACTORS: When you install central air conditioning size does matter. Underestimate your cooling needs, and your home may not get cool. Buy more power than you need and your living space may become cold, clammy and humid. The Design Consultants...
How Air Conditioning Changed the World
Imagine life before air conditioning. People were hot and were always looking for ways to keep cool and escape from the high temperatures that soared into the 80's and 90's in the Spring and Summer months. People using handheld paper fans, homes designed specifically...
Is Air Conditioning a Luxury or A Necessity?
Cool Cars Came In 1939 The first air-conditioned car was built by Packard in 1939. In these early days of cool driving, there was no dashboard control. To stop the A/C, drivers had to turn off the engine and pop the hood. Here, they had to disconnect the compressor...
WHO INVENTED THE AIR CONDITIONER
On July 17, 1902, Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system, launching an industry that would fundamentally improve the way we live, work and play. The Invention That Changed the World On July 17, 1902, a young research engineer...
Indoor Air Quality
Who Suffers More From Allergies in Your Home? Our indoor air quality comfort specialists would be happy to show you how our indoor air quality systems can alleviate these problems and give you the clean crisp indoor air that you deserve. Was your home built in the...