Since your thermostat controls your HVAC system and regulates the climate in your Allison Park, PA home, it must function reliably. Otherwise, you may be in for a great deal of trouble and discomfort. Here are three signs that it’s probably time for a new thermostat.
1. Wrong Temperature Readings
Your thermostat’s temperature readings should be accurate. If the device can’t determine the temperature in your home, then it won’t send the correct signals to your HVAC system at the appropriate times. Consequently, your system may end up working when you don’t need it to and not working when you do need it to.
Of course, your thermostat’s location can significantly affect the accuracy of its temperature readings. If the device sits in the path of direct sunlight, for example, it may show a higher temperature than the one that really exists in your home. If it’s in a neutral location but seems to measure the temperature inaccurately anyway, then you should probably replace it.
2. Improper Cycling
As the temperature in your home fluctuates, your HVAC system should alternate between periods of operation and rest. It should neither be working continuously nor passing through artificially short cycles.
The cause of such behaviors may lie either in your thermostat or in your HVAC system itself. To eliminate the latter possibility, ask an HVAC technician to give your system a tune-up.
3. HVAC System Won’t Turn On at All
Finally, if your HVAC system won’t turn on at all, your thermostat should be one of the first things toward which you turn your suspicion. As with the previous sign, the ultimate cause of this problem may lie in a defective part of your HVAC system, faulty wiring or something similar. Once you’ve ruled out these possibilities, however, you should at check the settings to confirm it is set correctly, and if so, call for a technician to test whether you need a new thermostat.
A dysfunctional thermostat can easily disrupt your ability to stay comfortable in Allison Park, PA. To get a new thermostat or determine if yours is malfunctioning, call Titan HVAC, Inc. and request our AC services.
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