OK, the title is a bit dramatic, but unfortunately it’s rather true. When gas is combusted in your furnace, it passes into a “heat exchanger,” a steel device that heats up, with resultant heat being disbursed through your home via a blower. The heat exhanger is made of steel, and become reusted (due to a leaking evaporator coil or [...]
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SHEDDING LIGHT ON SOLAR Solar power has been around for a long time, and recent advances in solar technology have started to make it a truly viable option for residential HVAC applications. Lennox is now offering solar systems that will completely power straight AC systems, and up to 66% of a heat pump’s energy (for most Virginia residents). These [...]
You may have gotten an HVAC service ticket with the diagnosis of a bad “capacitor” or a bad “relay.” They are one of the more common problems that we diagnose and repair. So what exactly are these things? A CAPACITOR is an electrical component that stores energy. It gathers and stores power while the unit [...]
What’s the tee-total most important thing you can do to maintain your HVAC system? Change your filters monthly! It’s simple, it’s cheap, and it’s critical. I am still amazed at the deleterious effects of a dirty filter…yet I have a hard time remembering to do it in my home…a monthly note on my calendar has [...]
When our company was founded in 1980, the Fredericksburg VA area had three of four competing HVAC companies. Thirty years later there are more than forty. So with all these companies to choose from, how do you decide what company to pick? You’ll find that the rates for service calls and maintenance agreements run very [...]
