We recommend a maintenance service every 2 years for a residential home,
and more often if you are near the sea or in an area that contains a higher level of contaminants, for example near a building site.
Once you are on our database, we will send you a reminder by post every 2 years, which you can of course opt out of at any time.
Please note we will never cold call by telephone as some companies have been known to try and represent us in this way, and we will only ever send to you suitably trained and qualified staff to complete this work.
What can regular maintenance do for your heat pump?
- Improve the performance and output of your system
- Improve efficiency and therefore reduce your energy costs
- Contribute towards the extended life of your system
- Improve the air quality of your home or business
- Assist in early diagnosis of any potential failures before they occur, and as a result, reducing downtime
What does a maintenance service involve?
- Clean and disinfect the systems coils
- Check refrigerant charge and test any suspect joints for leaks
- Check fan blades for tightness and condition of fan/motor shafts
- Check condenser and evaporative fan motors (oil if fitted with lubricators)
- Check evaporative surfaces, drain pan and drain lines (clean if required)
- Check current draw of compressor motors
- Check operation of motor contactors and relays
- Check electrical connections (tighten if required)
- Check operation of controls e.g. thermostats, humidistats, pressure controls and safety cut outs
- Check operation of crankcase heaters
- Check, clean or replace air filters/pads
- Check air handler bearings and lubricate (if fitted with lubricators)
- Check operation of heating elements
- Clean indoor and outdoor casing
- Check the remote control operation, change batteries
- Provide information and instruction as required
Why should my heat pump be serviced by Gavin Lowe Energy?
A maintenance service to a single split heat pump is priced from $120.00 incl GST. There are some companies offering this service for less than this, but are they actually offering the same service? To provide an analogy; if you were getting your car serviced, it’s a bit like the difference between just an oil change versus a full service that also includes your brakes, air filter, spark plugs and an engine tune. As detailed above, our maintenance service is comprehensive.
If you are having your heat pump serviced by another company, we’d still like to assist you and recommend that you ask them some relevant questions while they are there;
- What is the output current draw of the unit?
- Is the current draw appropriate for that particular unit?
- What is the variance between the air on and air off?
- Are there any diagnostic fault codes showing inside the system?
* Scaled pricing for additional heat pumps in the same property are available.