We’ll give you the good news first: geothermal heating and cooling systems are famed for their dependability, longevity, and ease of maintenance. The bad news? Well, there shouldn’t be any – if you keep your system properly maintained! Nevertheless, even the greatest of geothermal systems can fall prey to a sporadic hiccup or, yes, even break down once in a blue moon. At such times, it’s reassuring to know the Salem pros at Mill Creek Heating are here to help.
Before you engage our services, though, you may want to examine the following checklist – just to make sure the problem can’t, in fact, be taken care of without us. :-)
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- The Thermostat’s Seasonal Setting. Don’t feel much heat? Cool air not cool enough? The difficulty could be as simple as having your thermostat set for the wrong season. If that’s the case, reset it and see if that doesn’t improve matters.
- The Thermostat’s Temperature Setting. A house that’s already been brought up to the warmth or coolness of the thermostat setting won’t prompt your geothermal system’s heat pump to start. Try setting the thermostat five degrees higher to restart the heating system in Winter – or five degrees lower to restart the cooling system in Summer.
- The Fan. A properly maintained auto setting for the fan makes sure it operates whenever your geothermal heat pump increases or decreases your home’s temperature. This helps enhance the energy efficiency of your system generally.
- The Circuit Breakers and Power Switch. It happens more frequently than you’d expect that the cause of a geothermal system malfunction is nothing more than a blown fuse. Or the result of the power switch – indoors or outdoors, in accordance with the sort of system you have – being for some reason shut off!
- The Room Registers. Are your return grilles and supply registers open? If they’re closed, well, then no wonder you’re not getting the warmth or the coolness you seek!
- The Filters. Here’s where regular – and simple – DIY system maintenance undeniably proves its worth! If you aren’t switching out disposable air filters every three months, or vacuum-cleaning permanent filters every one to three months, your geothermal heating and cooling system may well be hobbled by dust, dirt, and other airborne particulates working their way into the heat pump. A sufficient buildup will interfere with air circulation, reduce the heating and cooling capability of the system, raise your utility costs, and take a few years off your heat pump’s lifetime. By all means, maintain your air filters!
Okay. So you’ve run through the checklist, righted whatever needed righting, and your geothermal heating and cooling system’s still on the blink? Now would be a great time to call us. The specialists at Mill Creek Heating have a faculty for fixing whatever might hobble a geothermal system – as scores of harried Salem homeowners will affirm!