AC companies preparing for hot, busy weekend [Video]

MINNEAPOLIS — When you work in heating and air conditioning, summers are spent watching the weather.

When the heat comes, so do the calls for service.

“When people realize the house is heating up and they look at their thermostat and it isn’t keeping up and then the phone starts ringing you know,” said Ed Pelto of Ed’s Heating and Air.

Pelto and one of his employees spent Friday morning replacing an old AC unit from the 70s.

He says this unit is one of the oldest he has ever seen, but in 90-degree weather he says even newer units may struggle to keep up.

“Fan motors will start going out when we have consecutive days and people don’t shut it off,” Pelto said.

At Dean’s Home Services they’re also getting …