Peaden Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Electrical Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Thermostats’

Could the Thermostat Be the Reason You’re Not Comfortable in Your Home?

Monday, December 16th, 2024
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You’re home one day when the weather outside is either too cold or too hot. You’ve got your thermostat set to provide the level of heating or cooling you and your family need to feel comfortable. Usually, that would be the end of the story: the HVAC system would turn on and you’d have the comfort you need. But if you don’t feel comfortable in your home, it might be an issue with the heater or AC that requires calling for AC repair in Baldwin County.

It isn’t always the air conditioning or heating system at fault. Your thermostat may lurk behind the trouble. Thermostats are not only control devices, they monitor the temperature in your home and turn the HVAC system on and off based on their readings. Let’s look at several ways a thermostat can malfunction and lead to discomfort.

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Some Best Practices With Your Thermostat for Winter

Monday, October 21st, 2024
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It’s easy to take the thermostat in your home for granted. During the winter, you raise the temperature when it gets too cold, and lower it when it gets too warm. Or, if you have a programmable thermostat, you set the temperature range you prefer and leave it at that.

You might be surprised to learn that you’re making basic mistakes with your thermostat that cost you in money and comfort. When it comes to your home heating in Mobile, AL, you want to maximize energy use without making comfort sacrifices—and your thermostat gives you a way to do that if you know some best practices.

Below is our guide to thermostat settings for the winter, as well as an important way our team can help you get the most from your home heating.

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Could the Thermostat Be Behind Your AC Troubles?

Monday, August 26th, 2024
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The thermostat is a device people often take for granted in their homes. You make adjustments to it when your cooling needs change in the summer, but if it’s programmable you may simply set it and forget it. There’s nothing wrong with that: it’s one of the benefits of having a programmable thermostat in the first place. 

Overlooking the thermostat can be a problem if the thermostat is responsible for a malfunctioning air conditioning system. When you’ve got a faulty AC that’s not turning on, turns on and off too often, runs for too long, or fails to keep the house as cool as you want it, you may need AC repair that specifically targets the thermostat—or even replaces it.

How can a faulty thermostat create AC problems? Follow along below and we’ll explain.

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Understanding Your Thermostat and the Best Settings for Summer

Monday, May 20th, 2024
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We’re going to look over some air conditioning basics in this post, but often the basics are what people need to hear the most. When you have a malfunctioning air conditioning system, all you really need to remember is to call our professionals for air conditioning repair in Tallahassee, FL. We take care of all the complicated work to ensure your AC is back in working order. 

But when it comes to something basic like setting your thermostat, you might be making mistakes that cost you in both comfort and energy. We’re here to help you better understand your thermostat and how to set it to maximize both your cooling and your energy savings this summer.

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