The appliances in your home that use a large majority of the energy are your air conditioning and heating units. Most people want to do what they can to save energy not only for the efficiency of it but also to save money. When you go for the appliance that uses that most energy, you can save a decent amount by making a few adjustments. Some people are not sure what they can do to save money when dealing with their HVAC unit. There are things that you can do with your heating and cooling unit that don’t take too much effort of you can hire an HVAC company to do it for you.

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Upgrade Your HVAC System: A great time of year to change out your system and have a new heater or cooling unit installed is in between the seasons. You want to get a new one installed before it goes out in the middle of extreme cold or extreme heat. This is so you don’t have to live through potentially days or weeks without the system working at all. There are some things that tell you it is time to upgrade the system. You can look at the age of the system. If it around the 10 year mark you should look at upgrading or replacing it. You may also notice that you have the wrong size unit for your home or it is no longer working the way it should. You may have to have a technician out too often to make costly repairs. All of these are signs that you should upgrade your unit and have a new one installed.
Clean Filters Are Important: The HVAC unit has a system of duct work that runs in the attic and crawl space of your home as pathways for the heated or cooled air to travel. The air comes from in your home through a return air that is started by a filter. The filter needs to be changed out for a clean one often to ensure that the right amount of air is able to move through the system. When the filter is left to collect too much dust it stops the air flow and that means that the unit will need to run more often to get to the temperature you set the thermostat to.
Set The Thermostat Correctly: Some people make the mistake of setting their thermostat to the same temperature all day and night. The great thing about a digital thermostat is that you can run cycles that can change the temperatures to fit the time of day. You can adjust it while no one is home and set it to kick back up or down when everyone gets home. It makes is so that you are not wasting energy and money on cooling or heating a home that no one is in.

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