Posts Tagged ‘heat’

Aprilaire 8300 Thermostat

Friday, July 16th, 2010

The Aprilaire 8300 series electronic thermostat is easy to use, reliable and provides comfort and style for an affordable price.  The thermostat is designed to be easy to use with features like a large backlit display and prompts to help you program it.

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Heat Pump

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A heat pump is an HVAC unit that heats or cools by moving heat. During the winter, a heat pump draws heat from outdoor air and circulates it through your home’s air ducts. In the summer, it reverses the process and removes heat from your house and releases it outdoors.

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Heat Exchanger

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Located in the furnace, the heat exchanger transfers heat to the surrounding air, which is then pumped throughout the home.

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Evaporator Coil

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The part of the air conditioner or heat pump that is located inside the air handler or attached to the furnace. Its primary function is to absorb the heat from the air in your house.

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The Proper Indoor Humidity

Monday, May 17th, 2010

During the heating season the average American home (unhumidified) may have a relative humidity (RH) as low as 13%.  Amazingly, that is about one-half of the average RH in the Sahara Desert.  The amount of humidity required in a home is dependent to a certain extent on the way it is constructed.  A well insulated house with vapor barriers in walls, ceilings and slabs and properly fitting storm doors and windows may need only three gallons of additional moisture per day to maintain the proper relative humidity.  A house of similar size but loosely constructed might require five times as much moisture in the same period.

Condenser Coil

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

The outdoor portion of an air conditioner or heat pump that either releases or collects heat, depending on the time of the year.

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Benefits of Proper Humidity

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Dry, thirsty air evaporates moisture from your skin, a cooling process that makey you feel chilly. But, with the humidity raised to recommended levels, you can dial your thermostat down to 68F and still feel comfortable. Heated air dries out wood framing around doors and windows, too. Shrinkage of the wood occurs, leaving spaces that permit cold, outside air to infiltrate the home, lowering the inside temperature and requiring more heating. Proper humidity reduces annoying wintertime static electricity shocks, too.

Compressor

Friday, May 14th, 2010

The part of the outdoor air conditioner or heat pump that compresses and pumps refrigerant to meet household cooling requirements.

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BTU

Monday, May 10th, 2010

A British thermal unit is a unit of heat energy. One Btu is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. The higher the Btu rating, the greater the heating capacity of the system.

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Heat Pump

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Ideal for warmer climates, a heat pump is an all-in-one cooling and heating system. During summer months, it works like an air conditioner. It extracts heat from inside your home and transfers it to the outdoor air. When the weather’s cooler, it does the exact opposite, taking heat from outside and moving it inside.