--- title: 5 Best Air Conditioner Tips description: Here's how to choose the right size A/C unit, and some tips for how to best cool down once you've bought one. canonical: https://time.com/2859654/best-air-conditioner-tips/ author: Doug Aamoth article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T17:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:29.754Z article:section: Business og:title: 5 Best Air Conditioner Tips og:description: Here's how to choose the right size A/C unit, and some tips for how to best cool down once you've bought one. og:url: https://time.com/2859654/best-air-conditioner-tips/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4138db7a6137dea0/6986972455a8597d48a8151b/aircon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: aircon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 Best Air Conditioner Tips twitter:description: Here's how to choose the right size A/C unit, and some tips for how to best cool down once you've bought one. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4138db7a6137dea0/6986972455a8597d48a8151b/aircon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Air Conditioner by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Jun 11, 2014 5:55 PM CUT  Getty Images by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Jun 11, 2014 5:55 PM CUT **Related:** [How to Select the Right Room Air Conditioner](http://time.com/2852625/air-conditioner/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2859654/best-air-conditioner-tips/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2859654/best-air-conditioner-tips/"},"headline":"5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Air Conditioner","datePublished":"2014-06-11T17:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:29.754Z","description":"Here's how to choose the right size A/C unit, and some tips for how to best cool down once you've bought one.","url":"https://time.com/2859654/best-air-conditioner-tips/","keywords":["Tech","How-To","Videos","video","Tips","Summer","Air conditioning"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4138db7a6137dea0/6986972455a8597d48a8151b/aircon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4138db7a6137dea0/6986972455a8597d48a8151b/aircon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"aircon","caption":"aircon","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2859654/best-air-conditioner-tips/","name":"5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Air Conditioner"}}]}] ```