No one wants to sit around in the cold with their teeth chattering. So, when your furnace decides to stop keeping you and your family warm, here are five steps that you can follow on your own to get it heating again:
1. Look at Your Thermostat First.
As crazy as it may sound, you may not have it set to "heat". It could have accidentally gotten bumped when you walked down the hall or one of the kids could have been fooling around with it.
- A central air conditioner starts off inside your home when you turn down the thermostat. The thermostat then sends an electrical signal to the outside condensing unit. The signal first reaches the contactor, which will signal to the rest of the condensing unit that it is time to start up the cooling process. If your condensing unit has flat out stopped turning on, you might have a broken contactor. Replacing a contactor is relatively easy though you do need to use caution and take some safety precautions to avoid the risk of electric shock or electrocution.
- Cooling your home can be a pretty daunting affair if you don't have an AC set up already, but it is important that you do your research on all of your options before making a commitment. To help you out with that, here are a couple of the more popular alternative cooling options: Portable Air Conditioner A portable AC is a great choice if you are just looking to lower the temperature in a room or two.
- There is no better feeling in the peak of summer than stepping into your cool home, thanks to central air conditioning. Unfortunately, there may eventually be a problem where the unit is only producing warm air. Thankfully, the problem is one that you can fix. Start by looking into these three tips. Your Thermostat The simplest problems are often the ones that are overlooked. Take a look at your thermostat to ensure that the settings are properly set to cool.
- If you have a gas water heater, then you know how important it is to keep its pilot light lit. The water heater's pilot light should stay lit at all times and be mostly blue in color. A pilot light going out once in a while is not uncommon and is usually not hard to fix. The problem is when the light goes out often or doesn't stay lit at all.