As counterintuitive as it may sound, that axiom holds especially true in choosing the right furnace for heating your home, a task that requires assistance of a heating and furnace repair expert to properly fit your furnace to the size and efficiency of your home.
For comparison, imagine your furnace as you would an automobile, where the best fuel economy is gained by steady speeds without slowing down, accelerating or stopping.
Your furnace is most efficient in the same way, running long enough to reach its peak efficiency. Frequent cycling - or firing up, running a few minutes and then shutting off - not only prevents peak efficiency but can also limit the life of your furnace.
A furnace that is too large for your house will be prone to short cycling, or shutting off before the thermostat tells it to do so. That’s because bigger furnaces get hotter quicker and are likely to trigger their internal controls, which shuts them down to prevent overheating of the combustion chamber.
Again, to use the automotive analogy, it’s much like a car used exclusively for short trips that never heats up for an efficient long-haul.
Besides efficiency and wear-and-tear, a properly-sized furnace is likely to keep you more comfortable than an oversized unit. An overly-powerful furnace tends to overheat some areas and then shut off, leaving pockets of cold, unheated air.
Those frequent cycles not only leave occupants of your home uncomfortable, but also contribute to premature failure of parts that are simply not designed to power up and power down for such short duty cycles.
If you are near Houston and you need your furnace repaired, or are looking for a new and more-efficient furnace, the experts at AirCon Service Company will help you match the most efficient furnace options to the size of your house.
For comparison, imagine your furnace as you would an automobile, where the best fuel economy is gained by steady speeds without slowing down, accelerating or stopping.
Your furnace is most efficient in the same way, running long enough to reach its peak efficiency. Frequent cycling - or firing up, running a few minutes and then shutting off - not only prevents peak efficiency but can also limit the life of your furnace.
A furnace that is too large for your house will be prone to short cycling, or shutting off before the thermostat tells it to do so. That’s because bigger furnaces get hotter quicker and are likely to trigger their internal controls, which shuts them down to prevent overheating of the combustion chamber.
Again, to use the automotive analogy, it’s much like a car used exclusively for short trips that never heats up for an efficient long-haul.
Besides efficiency and wear-and-tear, a properly-sized furnace is likely to keep you more comfortable than an oversized unit. An overly-powerful furnace tends to overheat some areas and then shut off, leaving pockets of cold, unheated air.
Those frequent cycles not only leave occupants of your home uncomfortable, but also contribute to premature failure of parts that are simply not designed to power up and power down for such short duty cycles.
If you are near Houston and you need your furnace repaired, or are looking for a new and more-efficient furnace, the experts at AirCon Service Company will help you match the most efficient furnace options to the size of your house.