Air filters quickly become clogged with debris, especially in the cooling season when air conditioners are running around the clock. Failing to change your filter can mean you’ll be facing a repair, higher energy bills, and decreased life span from the AC. In other words, replacing your AC filter is one of the easiest ways to ensure optimal system performance year after year.
Your heat pump is an integral part of your heating and cooling system. Your heat pump’s job is to use a refrigerant to transfer warmer thermal energy from the cool outdoor air to the indoors to provide a source of heat. In the warmer months it uses this same process to draw the heat out of your home and transfer it outside to cool the space.
Smartphone apps help consumers manage nearly every aspect of their lives. Calendar apps, diet and activity tracker apps, list apps—these are just a few of the smartphone apps that help you manage a busy day. Home comfort is another area of life you can give over to a smartphone app. With a Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostat-compatible smartphone app, along with other top performing thermostats, you can manage home cooling and heating, schedule energy-saving temperatures, and monitor energy usage—all from the ease of your smartphone.
With Florida’s notoriously hot and humid summers, air conditioning is an essential part of everyday life. But how does it work? Air conditioners use a refrigeration cycle to absorb heat from inside your home and release it outside. The typical conditioning system is made up of six basic components:
Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to upgrade to a Wi-Fi thermostat. You’ll now have smarter control over your home’s temperature and be able to access the thermostat controls from anywhere.
As hot and humid as it may be in the West Volusia area, that does not mean your air conditioning system should be constantly running. Once it cools your home down to the set temperature, it should shut down for a while, then start back up once the home increases in temperature again.