Furnace Repair and Installation Services

A traditional home comfort system has two parts: an outdoor unit such as an air conditioner or heat pump, and an indoor unit. The furnace is the indoor unit that heats and circulates warm air through your Oklahoma home in the winter, and in the summer, it takes the cool air from the outdoor unit and works as a fan to circulate it throughout your home. The indoor and outdoor units are designed to work together. And when the furnace is properly matched with a heat pump or air conditioner, the result is maximum efficiency and extended system life.

Furnace heating ability is gauged with an Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) percentage. A higher AFUE percentage indicates a more efficient furnace.

Types of Furnaces

Single-Stage Furnaces

Your furnace and fan is either on or off. Pretty simple, huh? A salesperson can say that a single-stage furnace has multiple speeds. Why? Every home has a unique heat load that is supposed to be calculated for you by your heating and air conditioning contractor. The single-stage furnace does have optional speeds, but it is hard wired to one.

Two-Stage Furnaces

Two-stage furnaces are more efficient and more effective at heating your Syracuse area home. Furnaces are like light bulbs, they operate better if they are turned on and left on. If you flick a light switch on and off, over and over, that bulb is toast. The same goes for furnaces. Running at 65% for 9 minutes is better than 100% for 3 minutes several times an hour. It uses less gas and is easier on the machine.

Multi-Speed Furnaces

In single-stage furnaces, if you want your fan on for circulation - the fan is always on high. It is the only option. Not only is that hard on the utility bill, but a fan on high means the warm air is moving fast - warm air moving fast creates a cool breeze. In variable furnaces, the fan turns over slowly to maintain air circulation while being easy on the utility bill. By the way, most air cleaners and filtration devices are only active when the furnace blower is on. So the best way to utilize these accessories is to have a variable speed blower. Switching its blower fan from a/c current to d/c current only draws 1/10 the electricity.

If you are looking for an Oklahoma furnace repair contractor, please call us today at 918-357-2248 or complete our online request form.