{"id":638,"date":"2018-02-26T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/?p=638"},"modified":"2018-02-26T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:24:12","slug":"4-ways-overworking-furnace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/heating-service\/4-ways-overworking-furnace\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways You May Be Overworking Your Furnace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"furnace-technician-service\"You need central heating in Lockport, IL<\/a>\u2014there\u2019s no way around it. Portable heaters are a hassle, and they won\u2019t protect your pipes or, of course, keep the whole house warm as you deserve. However, you may not need to be using your central heating as much as you are right now.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean you should shut it off altogether. It just means taking the right steps to reduce usage, whether that\u2019s moderating temperatures or watching the way it\u2019s maintained. Here\u2019s how you may currently be overworking your furnace.<\/p>\n

You manually adjust temperatures frequently<\/h2>\n

When it gets too cold, you turn the thermostat up, and when it\u2019s hotter than you\u2019d like, you lower temperatures or shut the furnace off. This may seem logical and like an efficient way to run the furnace only when you need it, but this simply isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n

Your furnace is designed to run in efficient, balanced cycles in order to keep temperatures just where they need to be. When you manually turn the thermostat on and off, you wear down the components quickly. Rather than turn the furnace up high and then lowering temperatures dramatically, it makes more sense to find a reasonable temperature and keep it there, letting the furnace run in its usual cycles.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t change the air filter<\/h2>\n

Neglecting to change the air filter might not seem like a big deal to you, especially if you don\u2019t have active allergies. But it\u2019s not just there to clean the air. A dirty filter can actually harm a furnace (or air conditioner) because it blocks the flow of air through the system.<\/p>\n

The blower fan has to work harder to try to suck in air through a dirty and clogged filter. Parts wear down, but what\u2019s worse is that your furnace can overheat and shut off completely.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t use a programmable or smart thermostat<\/h2>\n

Older thermostats tend to work just fine even with some brand new equipment. Many people don\u2019t upgrade their thermostats when they replace a heating system, but we think this is a mistake. The wrong thermostat can easily overwork your furnace\u2014even if it\u2019s working just fine.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably left the heat on high by accident before leaving the home many a time. But a smart thermostat helps you prevent this. If you need to make an adjustment after you\u2019ve left the home, all you have to do is open up an app on your smartphone.<\/p>\n

You shut the vents<\/h2>\n

When you shut a vent in an unoccupied room in the home, you might think you are saving energy. After all, no one is using the room, and it only makes sense to keep from paying for that extra heat. However, closing the vent actually creates more <\/em>work for your heater.<\/p>\n

A furnace is designed and sized specifically to heat the amount of space in your home. Closing off space can lead to overheating or short cycling as the furnace may have to start and stop more often than it is meant to.<\/p>\n

You can count on Johansen & Anderson Inc. for all your heating<\/a> needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You need central heating in Lockport, IL\u2014there\u2019s no way around it. However, you may not need to be using your central heating as much as you are right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[100,6,96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jnaonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}