Finding a break in thermostat wire can be time-consuming. Try this easy fix and save a lot of frustration. Install a thermostat without wires from the furnace. An interruption in the wiring circuit from the furnace to the thermostat can happen in various ways. This is an info alert. These red buttons and other links…
You can test a heat pump in both the heat cycle in summer or the cool cycle in winter with some limitations. In the summer you should only run your heat pump in the heat cycle long enough to notice that it is heating. Too long would not be good. In the winter you should…
“Change Filter” or “time to clean filter” is displayed on my thermostat, and I just changed the air filter. Maybe my thermostat says, “Replace Air Filter,” it doesn’t even know I have a filter, let alone when it needs to be changed. It reminds me of the saying, “The left-hand doesn’t know what the right…
Air penetrates the walls of homes, especially older homes, and finds it’s way to unsuspecting thermostats causing changes in temperature that can haunt a homeowner.
This image of some rusty gas pipe inside a gas furnace is a very dramatic display of what moisture can do to steel pipe. In my experience as an HVAC technician, business owner, and my overall gut feeling about matters such as this, a one answer fits all recommendation on whether or not you should…
Polishing or waxing an air conditioning unit can have an appealing effect on anyone who happens to see it, including yourself. Others probably won’t say a single word but you can grin as you walk by the thing. Just a small bit of pride, right? Years ago when I had employees, my maintenance technicians used…
Without a doubt, the best time to schedule an HVAC maintenance is a nice warm day in the springtime. Next best would be one of those nice warm fall days. But then again it has a lot to do with what part of the planet you live on. If you schedule an HVAC maintenance in…
Does a thermostat need to be level to be accurate? Thermostats that contain mercury need to be level. Digital thermostats don’t have to be level to be accurate. Digital thermostats that are not level just look sloppy. They can work even when upside down. Now that would be hard to read though. Kind of like…
Gas furnaces that leak water in winter are usually high-efficiency gas furnaces. When gas furnaces began to be more efficient they also began to condense the flue gases, draining moisture back down the flue pipe into the furnace. You may or may not have noticed your gas furnace leaking water in the winter. A gas…