- Establish your thermostat at one temperature. Constant adjusting can cause greater utility expenses, specifically in the winter months.
- If using your thermostat as a trouble type, restrict the troubles to twice a day such as when you are at your job and when you are resting.
- The only obstacle is the thermostat 6% of desired temperature level, approximately 5 degrees.
- Throughout the heating period, try not to establish the thermostat listed below 65 degrees.
- In the air conditioning mode, try not to establish the thermostat below 70 degrees. Besides higher energy costs, this can cause the indoor coil to freeze and trigger condensation in the house.
- Make it a routine to consider the outdoor heat pump during the winter months for signs of extreme ice or snow build-up on or around the heat pump. Specifically, after bad climate.
- If the system is covered in snow or ice, it has to be eliminated in order to function properly. Turn the thermostat to Emergency heat or the off position as well as remove the ice and snow. You can pour cozy water over the system to melt the snow as well as ice. Also, cold water from a hosepipe will assist, but do not utilize warm water.
- Do not make use of any type of sharp challenge pick or knock the ice off the coils of the heat pump. This can create serious damage as well as accident.
- Once the device is clear of ice and snow, transform the thermostat back to regular heating. If the unit ices up again, ask for a reputed solution, such as Wolfers Portland Heating.
- Do not let the outdoor device rest beneath a leaking rain gutter. In the winter months, water will drip on the top of the unit as well as freeze strong. This will limit the air circulation as well as cause the entire unit to freeze up.
- Heat Pumps should rise 4-8 inches above ground level to maintain coils free from ice and snow as well as to allow for appropriate water drainage. Call Wolfers Heating services if you would like your unit elevated.
