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Have you ever tried to fix the cause of one problem, only to realize that the problem was due to something else entirely? Sometimes it happens to homeowners with their home heating. In particular, here are three unexpected causes of common heating issues:<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s nothing wrong with a cycling furnace. Furnaces will run a heating cycle for about 15 minutes, in which they\u2019ll gently blow hot air all around the home. That air will settle for a bit, and soon after, another cycle will initiate.<\/p>\n
Repeat this a few times over the next hour and you\u2019ve got yourself a warm and cozy home!<\/p>\n
Repeat this a few times in the next 60 seconds and you\u2019ve got yourself a serious problem.<\/p>\n
When the furnace rapidly turns on and off, it\u2019s called short-cycling. The reason it\u2019s such a problem is threefold:<\/p>\n
Fixing short-cycling may be as easy as changing out an air filter, or it could be as drastic as needing to replace the entire furnace. Before you make any big decisions though, call up a local furnace repair expert in<\/a> Delaware and have them take a look.<\/p>\n You could spend several hours troubleshooting your furnace, only to find out that your furnace was perfectly fine\u2014the real problem was the thermostat all along! After all, the thermostat is the brain of the HVAC system. Anything you tell it to do, the furnace will do. A malfunctioning thermostat means you won\u2019t be able to get your furnace to operate properly at all.<\/p>\n Some of the reasons your thermostat might be acting funny includes:<\/p>\n Does it seem like one or two rooms of your home just never get warm like the rest of the house? You may have what\u2019s called a cold spot. These rooms will stubbornly refuse to change temperature, often lagging it behind the other rooms by a few degrees. It has nothing to do with your heater itself, but it could be due to:<\/p>\n Have you ever tried to fix the cause of one problem, only to realize that the problem was due to something else entirely? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[167,179,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Malfunctioning Thermostat<\/h2>\n
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We\u2019ll give you the service you expect for even the most unexpected heating issues. Contact Atlantic Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Inc. today to schedule a service.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"