Honest aircon advice from Dr Stranger and the BeeHonest team.
Lift the cover on your aircon and you’ll see the filters and the coil. Behind them is a long, ribbed cylinder that spins to push air into your room. That’s the blower wheel. It’s where a lot of the grime ends up, and it’s the part many quick services never touch. Why it gets so…
Search for aircon servicing in Singapore and you’ll find hundreds of companies, most of them claiming to be the best. We’d like to say we are too, but the advertising rules are strict and my mother raised me well. So here are eight questions you can put to any company, ours included. 1. What’s the…
It’s 33°C outside and there’s ice on your aircon. It feels like it should be a good sign, since ice is cold and cold is the point. Sadly, no. Ice means something is stopping the system from working properly, and it often ends in a leak. Why an aircon freezes The coil is supposed to…
This is the one aircon job you don’t need us for. Washing the filter takes about five minutes, needs no tools, and it’s the most useful thing you can do between servicing visits. I’m happy to lose this one to you. What you’ll need A tap, a soft brush or old toothbrush, a little mild…
The fan is running, air is coming out, and it’s about as cold as a warm afternoon on the MRT platform. When an aircon blows but doesn’t cool, people often suspect the compressor, the outdoor unit that does the heavy lifting. Sometimes they’re right. Often it’s a much cheaper part. Signs the compressor isn’t running…
Your aircon has stopped working properly and now you’re doing the sums. Repair it, or put that money towards a new one? No single rule fits every aircon, but a few questions usually settle it. First, is it actually broken? Plenty of “dying” aircons are just very dirty. Weak air, poor cooling and leaks can…
Aircon installation quotes are hard to compare because two packages at the same price can include very different things. The headline number usually covers the machine and a basic install. The extras are where the final bill moves. What to expect A typical System 1 job with us comes to about SGD 1,000 to 2,000.…
Gas top-ups are one of the most common add-ons in aircon servicing, and one of the hardest for a customer to check. You can’t see the gas. So here’s what affects the price, what we charge and when you should say no. What we charge Gas check: free with any servicing. Top-up during a servicing…
A chemical overhaul is the biggest clean an aircon can get. It’s also the one people get talked into most often. So before you say yes, it helps to know what it actually involves and when your unit really needs it. What happens during an overhaul The fan coil comes off the wall and gets…
Ask three aircon companies for a chemical wash price and you can get three very different numbers. Nobody has to be cheating for that to happen. “Chemical wash” is used for at least three different jobs, and they don’t take the same time or the same effort. Three jobs, one name Chemical spray in place.…