{"id":602,"date":"2018-11-12T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/?p=602"},"modified":"2018-11-09T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T14:25:22","slug":"heater-repair-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/heating-service\/heater-repair-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Heater Repair Needs You Want to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"InsideOf all the problems or issues to deal with in your home during the winter, a broken down or malfunctioning furnace is probably among the worst. When you live in our area, it\u2019s vital that you have a fully functional and efficient heating system in place. To accomplish this, you\u2019ll first want to ensure that you schedule routine maintenance for the system before the season begins in earnest. For a furnace system this means once a year, while for a year-round heat pump or ductless system it means every 6 months.<\/p>\n

Next, you want to ensure that you manage any need for heating repairs that you\u2019re either alerted to during maintenance, or you suspect. Two heater repairs needs in particular that we get the most calls for as temperatures fade from comfortable fall levels to chillier winter levels is about a furnace system that won\u2019t start, or one that won\u2019t stop. These are definitely repairs you want to avoid, but what do they mean?<\/p>\n

When Your Heater Won\u2019t Start<\/h2>\n

There are a couple different possibilities here, with some issues being more serious than others. One possibility is that there isn\u2019t an issue with your heater at all, but rather with your thermostat.<\/p>\n

Go ahead and check it\u2014is it in heating mode? It could also be that there\u2019s a wiring problem. Perhaps you have frayed wiring leading to the thermostat that hasn\u2019t allowed it to signal to the furnace to turn on. If you want to check this on your own, do make sure to turn the circuit breaker off that leads to the thermostat, first. If this is <\/em>what\u2019s going on, your next step needs to be calling in a professional electrician for repair.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the circuit breaker\u2014sometimes a tripped breaker is the reason a heater won\u2019t come on. Check this, and while you\u2019re at it, make sure there\u2019s isn\u2019t a power outage in your neighborhood you weren\u2019t aware about. Even a gas-powered system needs an electrical ignition to start, so this is important to check for. Also, if you do have a gas-powered system, your pilot light could be out.<\/p>\n

In the absence of these easy-to-fix problems, it is possible that something more serious is happening. Hopefully, you scheduled maintenance\u2014in which case you probably don\u2019t have much to worry about. But your next step should definitely be to call in a pro.<\/p>\n

When Your Heater Won\u2019t Stop <\/em><\/h2>\n

So, what if it\u2019s not that your heating system won\u2019t start, but rather that it won\u2019t stop<\/em>? While this might seem like a minor issue on a frigid winter day, it\u2019s bad news when it comes to the efficiency of your heater, and can be doing damage.<\/p>\n

Again, this could be a thermostat issue\u2014if the thermostat is malfunctioning then it might not be able to accurately signal to the heating system that the desired temperature has been met and it\u2019s time to cycle off.<\/p>\n

Or, it might be that the temperature was set too high and the system simply can\u2019t <\/em>reach your desired temperature. Lastly, your furnace might not be stopping because the air filter is too dirty and clogged, restricting airflow so that it can\u2019t reach the temperature set on your thermostat.<\/p>\n

If lowering the temperature on the thermostat, or changing\/cleaning the air filter doesn\u2019t resolve this issue, it\u2019s time to give us a call.<\/p>\n

Contact Ambient Comfort<\/a> today for reliable <\/strong>Camden County, NJ heating services<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two heater repairs needs in particular that we get the most calls for as temperatures fade from comfortable fall levels to chillier winter levels is about a furnace system that won\u2019t start, or one that won\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[94,106],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-camden-county","tag-heating-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientcomfortnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}