I noticed that our condo clearly was not staying as cool as it used to.
In those particularly hot summer time months, you legitimately want your air conditioner to be in the very best working shape to keep up with the weather. Mine was genuinely not being able to keep up. I would set our thermostat and it would take days to reach the temperature I wanted, if it even got there at all. My air conditioner seemed like it would simply run all day without the cooling effect that it should supposedly be providing. I called our Heating, Ventilation, and A/C professional one morning to see what the problem was. After further investigation, he clearly found that our outdoor cooling unit was unlevel. He said, because the concrete pad underneath the unit was slowly sinking into the soft earth, it caused the heavier side of it to go further into the ground . He explained to me that the condenser pump would not work properly if it was not situated on a flat surface. He suggested quickly unhooking the outdoor cooling unit and replacing the slab and dirt underneath it for stability. That is exactly what we had to do. It took a lot of work to finally get the cooling unit perfectly level again, however ended up being worth it for our AC and our bills. My outdoor air conditioner unit is getting the right amount of oil it needs to be expertly working and now our condo is staying cool. Next time I know enough to look out for a sinking outdoor cooling unit.