Your thermostat is a marvel of HVAC technology. With a few simple settings, it can signal your system to heat or cool your whole home. How does it communicate with your HVAC, though? It depends on what kind of thermostat you have. Here’s what you need to know about thermostat communication.
How Can You Know the Best Thermostat Placement in Your Home?
Getting your home’s thermostat placement right will affect your HVAC system’s performance and efficiency and even reduce wear and tear on air-conditioner and furnace components. When it comes to maintaining settings that support a comfortable, healthy indoor environment, the HVAC system depends on the home thermostat for accurate information that properly represents temperature conditions inside […]
Elderly Care: Home Temperature
As the baby boomers age, concern about caring for the elderly, at home and in institutional care, has come into focus. Among the factors affecting elder health is temperature. If you’re responsible for caring for an elderly individual, how do you regulate the home temperature so it’s optimum for the health and comfort of that […]
Common Causes of Smart Thermostat Problems
Smart thermostats are a wonder. They can make our lives much easier, as they allow us to control temperatures and other home comfort factors inside the home, whether near or far away. But as with any technology, things can and do go wrong. Read up on some smart thermostat issues you’ll want to think about […]
Feel Like Your Thermostat is Wrong? Guide to Common Thermostat Problems
When your air conditioning is running properly, your thermostat should show the correct temperature. When you have a thermostat reading wrong temperature, this could indicate that there’s an issue with your HVAC system or your thermostat. Find out what to do in this situation, so that you can make sure your Dayton home stays cool […]
How Thermostats Work
Thermostats are the “brain” of today’s HVAC systems. The old-school manual units of the past that performed simple “on/off” functions of the A/C or furnace are virtually extinct. Digital programmable thermostats are now the industry standard.
Ways Wi-Fi Thermostats Are Beneficial
You’ve probably wondered at times how you ever did without your smart phone. That’s what many homeowners are also thinking these days when it comes to their Wi-Fi thermostats. These ingenious devices just vastly simplify what used to be one of the major worries of leaving home for extended periods: what to do about the […]
Upgrade Indoor Comfort With a Wi-Fi Thermostat
If you’re still using an old-school manual thermostat to control temperatures in your Dayton-Springfield area home, there’s plenty of upside in moving up to a programmable thermostat. There’s still more room for improving comfort and energy efficiency by installing a programmable thermostat with Wi-Fi capabilities.
Winter Resets for Programmable Thermostats
With winter inching closer in Southwest Ohio, it’s time to start thinking about resetting the programmable thermostat in your home.
Here’s How to Know if Your Thermostat Needs to Be Replaced
Your thermostat controls your home’s central heating and cooling system. When it runs into problems, it can make your system stop working. You can troubleshoot and repair minor thermostat issues. If your efforts don’t work, you’ll have to replace it.
