Protect Your Air-conditiong Unit From Copper Thieves While On Vacation

June 22, 2012 - PRLog -- Thieves are out there looking for copper to steal and your air-conditioner or heat pumps are prime targets.  No one wants to come home from vacation to no air-conditioning.  Most of us are looking forward to a good night’s sleep in our cool and comfortable bed.  The loss of air-conditioning can also be deadly to pets and plants.  Plus, it may take several days to have the unit replaced.

ServiceStar Air Conditioning doesn’t want you to be another victim of this crime and we have some suggestions to help protect you.  We all know about stopping the newspaper and the mail plus leave a light on to make the house appear occupied, but there is more that needs to be done today.  Don’t post your plans publicly on sites like Facebook or Twitter, more than your friends and family are watching.  Lock the gates to the backyard.  An additional precaution is to have your Alarm Company put a monitoring sensor or anti-tamper device on the outer shell of your air-conditioner or heat pump.  An Alarm Sticker on the cooling system may also be a deterrent to thieves.   You should also padlock you electrical breaker panel and the disconnect box near your cooling unit when going away.

Remember, you can always call Service Star at 480-238-5151 to get answers to all your cooling, heating, plumbing & electrical questions, or check our website, http://www.servicestarac.com.  You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.