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Understanding the Defrost Cycle on Your Heat Pump

The defrost cycle of a heat pump system is crucial to maintaining its optimal performance and for ensuring the longevity of your heating and cooling investment.

When a heat pump is performing in its heat cycle it is typically doing so in the cooler winter months. When the ambient air temperature outside of your home is cool and the relative humidity is high, it can carry more water vapor than normal. This set ups a condition wherein frost might form on the surface of the much colder outdoor coil. If left unattended, this frost covering will interfere with the optimal operation of the heat pump, which costs you money. To correct this occurrence, the auto defrost cycle on your heat pump becomes activated to remove the frost.

Tips to Winterize Your Home

Weather in Arkansas can be unpredictable, and before you know it, we could be facing freezing rain and terrible ice storms. In addition, you may be wondering just how high your heating bills will be this year, and if there’s anything you can do about it. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do about it,…

Tips to Help Keep Your Home Warm This Winter

Tips to help keep your home warm this winter Turn your thermostat to a lower setting & dress warmly while at home to save a little money on your electric bill. Seal up any drafty doors or windows, you don’t want to lose any of that precious heat to a drafty door. Get a programmable…

Things to Check Before Placing a Service Call

  Do you have power to your home? Has there been a power outage in your area, or just your home? – If your air conditioner doesn’t come back on when the power does, check a few of the other items listed below:   Check the thermostat – is it set to “cool”? If not,…

The Importance of Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Many of the appliances in our modern homes produce carbon monoxide and we may not even be aware. Even when appliances are functioning normally, when a fuel is burned carbon monoxide is one of the major by products. Appliances that contribute to carbon monoxide levels include: gas or oil furnaces gas refrigerators gas clothes dryers…

Protect Your Home From Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide remains a real threat when it comes to our modern lives, even more so with the growing portable generator market. Thanks initially due to Y2K fear, sales have remained strong in the United States as home owners seek to provide some protection from weather related outages. Portable generators can conveniently provide living areas…

Preparing for the Cold Winter Months

Here are some recommendations that a home owner should act upon in preparation for the upcoming months. Routine Maintenance Keeping a well-maintained heating system will insure your equipment will run more efficiently. A complete tune-up of the home heating system can cost anywhere from $90 to $130 or more, but it is a worthwhile investment…

Maintaining Your AC Unit

As the days grow longer and temperatures begin to rise, it may be sooner than you think when we’ll all depend on our air conditioner to keep us comfortable. Getting an annual inspection will help ensure your air conditioner is up to the task when it’s called upon to battle against the hot summer months ahead.

Is Your Home Furnace Ready for Winter?

Winter is coming and your HVAC system is transitioning from cooling your home to keeping it nice and warm. It is always better to check the furnace before winter before hand to prevent suffering through chilly winter nights shivering. There’s nothing worse than turning on the thermostat and discover that it is not working. To…