Are your summer cooling bills ridiculously high? Do you feel like no matter how long you run the air conditioner or seal the windows and doors, your home simply won’t cool off? Check your heat pump. It’s likely that it is using the strip heat inside your HVAC system, at the same time that it attempts to cool your house. The cool and hot air cancel each other out, and the HVAC fails to cool your home, while the dual cooling/heating effort drives up energy costs. This problem usually occurs when the thermostat is incorrectly wired, and can be overlooked because homeowners don’t feel heat emanating through the vents.
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