Cooler weather is on its way to southwest Arizona, and it’s a good idea to make a checklist to get your home ready. Scheduling your fall heating-system tuneup should be at the top of that list.
If you use a furnace, it’s likely been sitting unused for the past six months. If you use a heat pump for both your heating and cooling, it’s been getting a workout all spring and summer. Either way, it makes sense to have a fall heating-syst
em tuneup. Furnaces, for instance, accumulate dust even when they’re not in use. This dust will not only blow through your ducts and into your living space, but it can clog up the works in the equipment, leading to reduced performance.
Then there’s the blower. Whether your home relies on a furnace and air conditioner, or a heat pump, the blower has one of the toughest jobs in your house. It works all year round, and if it’s dirty or otherwise not operating properly, that can reduce airflow and negatively impact efficiency. During your fall heating-system tuneup, a professional technician should check the blower.
Here are a few other things a technician can take care of during your fall heating-system tune-up:
- Check the heat exchanger in your furnace. A cracked or malfunctioning heat exchanger is not only inefficient, it’s dangerous. Malfunctioning furnaces — especially cracked heat exchangers — are one of the primary ways carbon monoxide can enter your home.
- Ensure all furnace gas and oil connections, as well as pilot lights, are functioning correctly.
- Lubricate all moving parts (in both heat pumps and furnaces).
- Make sure the equipment runs a full cycle safely, quietly and effectively.
If anything could potentially go wrong with your equipment, it’s better to know about it now, before cooler weather kicks in. That way, you won’t find yourself left out in the cold in the event of a breakdown. Call Hansberger Refrigeration and Electric Company to schedule your fall heating-system tuneup today. You’ll be glad you did when your equipment keeps you comfortable all winter long.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Yuma, Arizona about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about heating-system tuneups and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
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