Salt air eats
air conditioners.

Every six months here, not once a year. Units run nearly year-round, humidity keeps the coil damp, and salt in the air speeds everything up. A clean unit cools better and costs less to run — a blocked coil makes the compressor work harder for less cold air, and you pay for that difference every month on the light bill.

Yes — and it's the single biggest thing that shortens equipment life on this coast. Salt attacks the aluminium fins and the copper on the outdoor condenser. Three things help a lot: choose a unit with corrosion-treated coils when you buy, rinse the outdoor unit with fresh water periodically, and mount it where it isn't taking direct salt spray or constant onshore wind. We'll advise on placement before we install — it matters more than most people expect.

It depends on the room's size, ceiling height, sun exposure, and how many windows it has — and concrete construction holds heat differently to wood frame, which changes the maths. Oversized is not "safer": a unit that's too big cools fast, shuts off, and never runs long enough to pull humidity out, so the room feels cold and clammy. Undersized never catches up. We measure before quoting rather than guessing from a room name.

For most homes here, yes. A conventional unit runs at full power then switches off; an inverter varies its speed and holds the temperature steady, which uses noticeably less electricity over a month. Given what power costs on the island, the difference usually shows up on the bill quickly. Inverters also cope better with voltage that isn't perfectly stable.

Surge protection is worth having on any inverter system — the electronics are the expensive part, and they're what fails when the supply spikes. If your area sees frequent interruptions, tell us before installation and we'll factor protection into the job rather than leaving it to chance.

With proper maintenance, a good inverter should give you many years of service. Without it — and especially near the coast — that shortens considerably. The units that fail early are almost always the ones nobody cleaned. Maintenance genuinely is the difference.

The outdoor unit should be properly anchored to its bracket or pad — that's part of doing the installation correctly in the first place. Don't wrap a running unit in plastic. If a serious storm is forecast, switching the system off at the breaker protects the electronics from the surges that come with the power going out and back on.

Yes — any brand, residential or commercial, whoever put it in. We'll tell you honestly if a unit is worth repairing or whether replacing it makes more sense, and we'd rather say so than sell you a repair that won't hold.

It depends on the unit, the BTU, and how hard the install is — line-set length, wall type, and whether the electrical is already there. What we can promise is that you get the price before we start, not after. Call or WhatsApp with your room size and we'll give you a real number.