Furnace - Repair or Installation
 Like heat pumps, furnaces keep your
New York home warm in the winter and serve as an important part of your
air conditioning system
in the summer. In a furnace, gas or oil is combusted in a burner and then heat
produced from that reaction passes through a heat exchanger where it is
transferred to the air distribution system.
Single-Stage Furnaces
Your furnace and fan is either
on or off. Pretty simple, huh? A
salesperson can say that a
single-stage furnace has multiple
speeds. Why? Every home has a
unique heat load that is supposed
to be calculated for you by your
heating and air conditioning
contractor. The single-stage
furnace does have optional speeds,
but it is hard wired to one.
Two-Stage Furnaces
Two-stage furnaces are more
efficient and more effective at
heating your Syracuse area home.
Furnaces are like light bulbs,
they operate better if they are
turned on and left on. If you
flick a light switch on and off,
over and over, that bulb is toast.
The same goes for furnaces.
Running at 65% for 9 minutes is
better than 100% for 3 minutes
several times an hour. It uses
less gas and is easier on the
machine.
Multi-Speed Furnaces
In single-stage furnaces, if
you want your fan on for
circulation - the fan is always on
high. It is the only option. Not
only is that hard on the utility
bill, but a fan on high means the
warm air is moving fast - warm air
moving fast creates a cool breeze.
In variable furnaces, the fan
turns over slowly to maintain air
circulation while being easy on
the utility bill. By the way, most
air cleaners and filtration
devices are only active when the
furnace blower is on. So the best
way to utilize these accessories
is to have a variable speed
blower. Switching its blower fan
from a/c current to d/c current
only draws 1/10 the electricity.
TAG Services offers
furnace installation, repairs and
service for Syracuse area
homeowners. If you are looking for a
furnace repair contractor in the Syracuse, New
York area, please call us today
at 315-463-4455 or complete our
online request
service form.
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