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Heating With Oil – Carrier Performance™ Series Oil Furnaces

Written by Rm Harrington on . Posted in Carrier, Heating, HVAC Sales.

In October of 1990, the cost of residential heating with oil averaged $1.279 per gallon (1). By January of 2014, the price per gallon in oil-heated homes came in at $4.020 per gallon. If you forget to consider inflation and if you ignore the vast improvements in oil-burning technology, the rise in pricing paints an ugly picture. But American’s live in a new world of energy-efficient residential heating technology.

Seniors may remember the comfort of oil heat contaminated by the scent of wasted fuel, but those are days gone by. Modern oil-burning furnaces present a new experience: Exceptional home comfort free of oil-related odors and the extra expense of product waste.

Current heating with oil equipment burns clean, efficient and safe. And oil heat is a cost-effective solution to your winter comfort requirements. Here are some fast facts about residential oil heating technology:

  • As of the past decade, nearly 10 million U.S. homes reap the benefits of residential oil heating.
  • From 2003 to 2013, builders designed and constructed over 350,000 oil-heated homes (2)
  • Current heating with oil equipment exceeds 90% efficiency
  • Due to the effectiveness of Clearburn Science, modern oil heating equipment burns 95% cleaner than 1990 equipment
  • Risks of leakage in an underground oil storage tank is less than 1%
  • Every gallon of that $4.020 fuel produces a whopping 138,000 Btu’s of heating power
  • Modern oil companies are reliable, honest and friendly, receiving ratings of 94% and above for speed and quality of service.

 

Truth in Pricing – Cost of Heating With Oil

 During the 1970s and 1980s, the annual cost of oil-heated homes reflected the consumption of 1300 gallons per year. Modern systems produce the same comfort level for a mere 800 gallons of fuel oil per year. When adjusted for inflation, the current price of fuel oil heating has dropped by 23%.

 

Availability – Risks of Heating With Oil

In past years, American experienced several shortages in energy supplies. But perhaps only the seniors actually remember the associated waiting lines. For more than thirty years, the U.S. has remained relatively free of any significant problem with energy supplies. This statement stands in reserve of the natural disasters that have sometimes hinder the flow of energy in almost every form, including electricity and oil-based products. Currently, the U.S. government maintains a Strategic Petroleum Reserve that tops 700 million barrels. This reserves includes two million barrels of heating oil reserve.

 

Carrier Performance™ Series Oil Furnaces – Heating Gilbert With Carrier Products

Carrier heating and cooling products are not limited to heat pumps and air conditioning systems. The Carrier Performance™ oil furnaces series provide Phoenix heating with oil customers with efficient, flexible, durable and quiet home comfort during the harshest winters imaginable. Many of the products in the Performance™ lineup offer up to 86.6% AFUE. Units with the ENERGY STARÒ ratings provide the smartest heat saving you can get.

Systems include the Oil Furnace OVL, OVM and CVM. All utilize variable speed blowers and Hybrid Heat compatible with Performance EdgeÒ relative humidity or ComfortZoneÔ II thermostats. The choice is simple: Carrier heating with oil provides clean, inexpensive and energy-efficient home comfort at reasonable prices.

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Gilbert Home Heating Safety Tips From American Cooling and Heating AZ

Written by Rm Harrington on . Posted in AC Installation, Heat Pumps, Heating.

Gilbert Home Heating Safety Tips The Dangers of Using Alternative Heat to Make Up For A Worn-out Heat Pump

As winter chills bring new dips in Arizona temperatures, the importance of Gilbert home heating safety practices rises to the surface. Rather than trusting your installed Gilbert heat pump, some of you will cut corners by using space heaters, home fireplaces and other quick heat, room-regulated heating sources. Arizona-based American Heating and Cooling is here to help Gilbert residents practice wise home heating safety.

Modern heat pump technology provides energy efficient home heating at a fraction of the cost previously associated with effective HP performance. However, some Gilbert homeowners have not yet taken advantage of present-day opportunities. If you are trying to squeeze yet one more year out of an aged energy-hog Gilbert home heating system, consider the risks associated with freestanding heat units of any type.

Dedicated to protecting lives, poverty and the environment, the Gilbert Fire Department is always on guard and ready to provide you with rapid and effective emergency response (1). They strive to prevent fires before they start, but there are limits to the control the Gilbert Fire Department has over your lifestyle.

They can warn you of known fire risk factors. They can provide tips to help you know how to protect your home and your family. In the event that a fire does break out, they can strive to minimize the loss of life and property. Yet none of these goals can be accomplished without the purposed aid of each and every Gilbert citizen.

Many people think that it can’t or won’t happen to them. Yet national and state statistics prove that most injuries or deaths related to fire occur in the home. You can help protect yourself by installing tested and approved portable fire extinguishers. But you must understand that a fire extinguisher is not intended to permit you to control a large fire. In fact, a fire extinguisher is only useful against small fires that occur within a range of limited conditions.

Coal Stoves, Fireplaces and Spaces Heaters – A Major Cause of Home Fires

The 2001-2010 U.S. Fire Administration report on fire-related deaths reveals a 10-year decline in the national statistics (2). The figures are reported based upon deaths per million populations. Thus some of the decline is attributed to the increase in the U.S. population. But one must also wonder how much of the decline can be linked to new heating and cooling technology that reduces the need for homeowners to practice heating with more risky heat sources.

In a recent 24-hour period, the Grand Canyon fire protection volunteers responded to eight house fires. Fireplaces, space heaters and freestanding wood-burners or coal-burners account for much of the risks. Leaving such heating sources unattended increases the possibility of a home fire.

For the best in Gilbert Home Heating Safety, follow these tips:

  • Update your heating equipment – Switching to a state-of-the-art Gilbert Heat Pump, Oil System or Gas Heating System will save you money on the cost of energy and greatly reduce your risks of a heating-related house fire.
  • Space heaters need space – If you must rely on a space heater or a fireplace, remember to clear the area. From bedding to newspapers and from carpets to furniture, your home is a stockpile of combustible components. For safe operation, keep three feet or more between your heater and any combustible items.
  • Practice fireplace safety – This means use a fire screen, clear the area and never leave an unattended fire in the pit.
  • Inspections – Before cranking up any heating system for the new season, including your Gilbert Heat Pump, arrange for professional inspection and cleaning.
  • Avoid misuse of equipment – In the plain and simple of it, cooking ranges are not designed to heat your home.
  • Avoid extension cords – Electric space heaters demand lots of current. Make sure you plug directly into the wall outlets. Also never sleep while running any type of freestanding heat system.
  • Smoke alarms – Make sure yours works and test it regularly.

 

American Cooling and Heating – Providing Gilbert Home Heating Safety Checks

American Cooling and Heating is your complete Arizona heating and cooling service center. Perhaps you are not ready to update to a modern Gilbert Heat Pump installation. The heating inspection team at ACH understands that delay is sometimes necessary. But you cannot afford to ignore the importance of an HVAC seasonal inspection and tuneup. ACH guarantees:

  • Free estimates
  • Same day service
  • Flat-rate pricing
  • Reliable HVAC professionals
  • Skill to handle all models and brands
  • No mess and no pressure.
  • An honest report on the condition and reliability of your installed Gilbert heating system.

 

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Fall Furnace Inspection Reduces Emergency Gilbert Furnace Repairs

Written by Rm Harrington on . Posted in AC Installation, Heating, HVAC Sales, Maintenance.

Emergency Gilbert Furnace Repairs – Not a Pleasurable Winter Experience

In the battle to reduce the need for emergency Gilbert furnace repairs, many AZ homeowners fail to take advantage of fall furnace inspection specials. The heating season is just around the corner. Losing home heating in the dead of a harsh winter night is no pleasurable experience – even when access to 24-hour Gilbert furnace repair services can reduce the strain.

Heat system cleaning, inspection and maintenance are critical to efficient and durable furnace services. If you don’t mind crawling amid the critters beneath your home, breathing attic dust or risking missing a key component of the cleaning process, you can inspect your own AZ furnace. Or you can call American Cooling and Heating. These seasoned air conditioning pros provide reasonably priced furnace inspections, furnace cleaning services and Gilbert furnace repairs.

For more information on ACH Gilbert furnace services, click here.

An Early Start Best Avoids the Need For Emergency Gilbert Furnace Repairs

Procrastination marks human nature. Although test starting your furnace early in the season can eliminate panic calls for emergency heating repairs, most people still wait until cold weather is already knocking at the doors and windows. Procrastinating until the day the temperature drops assures that a failed furnace will put you into the mist of the Arizona emergency furnace repairs crowd. Don’t go there. One call to a Gilbert furnace repair center while fall is still in the early stages may prevent you from facing the extended line of late demand on limited HVAC resources.

Tips for DIY Gilbert Furnace Repairs

According to the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, residential home furnace inspectors must know and understand the difference between various types of home heating equipment. Without identifying the specifics of a particular type of heating system, you cannot recognize the heating method, identify defective materials or clearly explain cause and effect.

Other common components of a Gilbert heating inspection include knowing:

  • How the installed heating system operates
  • How to maintain the heating system
  • How to identify and correct common furnace problems
  • How to draw correct conclusions concerning the apparent condition of the heating system
  • Have the skill and the experience to clearly justify his or her opinions, observations and recommendations to the homeowner.

Tips For Safe Gilbert Furnace Operation

Having your furnace inspected and cleaned by a bonded, insured and licensed AZ air conditioning contractor is your best assurance of a safe, efficient and reliable heating system. But for safe furnace operation, you too have some measure of responsibility:

  • Keep the filters clean
  • Keep the airflow paths free of furniture and other blockages
  • On gas systems, locate an tag the gas shutoff valve
  • Don’t assume that a blown fuse is due to a minor power glitch
  • Address any odd or random noises that indicate possible furnace failure.

American Cooling and Heating provides Gilbert furnace repairs, Gilbert furnace inspections and Gilbert furnace installation. Prices are reasonable, flat rate and upfront. Service is available 24/7 throughout the Phoenix region of Arizona, including Mesa, Scottsdale and Gilbert. The company repairs and installs all major brands of heating and cooling equipment including Amana, Carrier and Goodman.

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Why Phoenix Heat Pump Installation is the Right Arizona Heating Option

Written by Rm Harrington on . Posted in AC Installation, Heat Pumps, Heating.

Whether Heating or Cooling, Phoenix Heat Pump Installation Makes Good Arizona Sense

Against the moderate heating requirements but intense cooling demands of Arizona, Phoenix heat pump installation provides a logical, economical and comfortable HVAC solution. Although slightly more pricey than standard central Air Conditioning, heat pumps provide an effective energy-efficient alternative to central gas, electric or fuel oil furnace systems.

Whereas standard A/C units shift heat from within your home by extracting the hot interior air and replacing it with cooler exterior air, heat pumps function on the order of an Air Conditioning system and a refrigerator unit. This means they move warm air in both directions. For example: A refrigerator compressor uses electricity to shift heat from insider your cooler to outside your cooler. In the process of removing the heat from within the refrigerator, the compressor dumps warm air into the kitchen.

When functioning as an Air Conditioning system, your Phoenix heat pump extracts warm air from within your home, dumps it into the exterior Arizona environment and then returns cooler exterior air into your home. As a heating system, the heat pump extracts warm air from exterior Arizona environment, dumps it into your Phoenix home and then moves the cooler inside air into the outside environment.

Correctly installed heat pumps move heat rather than generate heat. If a skilled and reputable Phoenix HVAC dealer handles your Phoenix heat pump installation, the system will provide as much as four times the amount of energy it consumes. For more details on quality Phoenix HP installation, click here.

 

Air-Source Heat Pumps – The Most Commonly Installed Phoenix A/C Equipment

Modern heat pump technology provides a multitude of HVAC options, including absorption heat pumps, geothermal (ground-source or water-source) heat pumps and the common air-source heat pump.

Geothermal Heat Pumps – As a highly efficient but costly HVAC solution, geothermal HP equipment utilizes natural ground and/or water temperatures. The units tend to have a lower operating cost that other HVAC heating solutions. However, they have specific regional requirements for subsoil conditions and physical routing space. As a heating solution in regions that typically experience extreme temperatures, geothermal heat pumps provide a high level of customer satisfaction. As a Phoenix heat pump installation option, they may be more costly than what is reasonably acceptable.

Absorption Heat Pumps – Typically called gas-fired heat pumps, absorption HP units are relatively new to the residential HVAC marketplace. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, residential absorption heat pumps are fuel driven systems that use ammonia-water absorption cycles. The ammonia is absorbed into water rather than pressure pumped. The heat source is used to boil the ammonia out of the water. Absorption heat pumps are currently only available on homes to the scale of 4,000 plus sq. feet.

Air-Source Heat Pumps – Typical Phoenix heat pump installation projects use air-source HP solutions. Designed to transfer heat from house air to outside air or from outside air to house air, air source heat pumps are energy efficient, reliable and comfortable. During the winter, an American Cooling and Heating installed AZ heat pump can trim your electric usage by as much as 40%. High-efficiency air source heat pumps provide improved humidity control over standard central air conditions. Against the mean average temperatures in Arizona, a Phoenix heat pump installation not only makes good AZ sense, it makes the best AZ sense.

Some Arizona homes are not equipped with a duct system. AC&H can also install a ductless, mini-split heat pump system. Modern heat pump technology also includes a system called “reverse cycle chillers.”  Designed for use as a radiant floor HVAC solution, “reverse cycle chillers” generate hot and cold water rather than air.

For more details on your Arizona HVAC options, click here.

 

Http://AmericanCoolingandHeating.com provides licensed, bonded and insured valley-wide Arizona air conditioning and heat pump installation and services.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Arizona Season For a New Heat Pump

Written by American Cooling And Heating on . Posted in AC Repair.

Good news for residents of Phoenix, AZ. Your air conditioners and heat pumps are about to get a bit of rest. According to 12 News at Arizona Central, the current Metro Phoenix forecast calls for a few more days of dry skies and warm air, but high pressure relief is on the way. Look for a rise in moisture and a lowering in temperatures. Chances of rain and storms are on the horizon.

It’s the Arizona Season For Heat Pumps

Summer heat often forces area residents to buy new air conditioning equipment, but some have resisted the need. Yet recent Arizona temperatures have broken local and national records. The strain on home cooling units is evidenced by the increase in demand for air conditioning repairs. Everyone is glad to catch a wave of relief.

Even now, your home cooling unit may be on it’s last thrust of cooling breath. Perhaps you seen it coming, but you have held back on buying a new system due to financial setbacks – or even as a measure of sound financial planning. You know a new central cooling system won’t reap a great payback this late in the season. But perhaps, a heat pump can make it worth while to take the plunge. Now may indeed be the time to make preparations for the coming of cool weather and for next summer’s new burst of Phoenix heat rises.

Heat pumps give you the best of both worlds. During the sweaty Arizona summers, an air conditioning replacement may seem the primary road to follow. But now, cooler weather is on the way. With a heat pump, you can gain all the benefits of central cooling while also gaining an inexpensive victory over winter chills. Why crank up that gas sucking central furnace system when a new heat pump will suffice the present need?

Both air conditioners and heat pumps provide society with extended means of home comfort. Both are readily available and either can be quickly installed by your local Arizona air conditioning service expert. But heat pumps provide a slight bonus over standard central cooling.

The principle of operation is identical between the two systems: Both extract warm air from cold air. But a heat pump also includes a “reverse” switch. Where the AC pulls warm air from inside the home and replaces it with cool air, the heat pump can also pull warm air from outside the home and send inside the home.

Location – The Critical Component

It’s all a matter of where you live. Air conditioners are a bit more energy efficient at cooling, yet a heat pump provides inexpensive heat against external temperatures down to about 40 degrees. If the average outdoor temperature in your location typically drops below 40 degrees, a heat pump will provide insignificant savings in operation costs.

However, according to the National Weather Service in Phoenix, AZ, the months of November, December and January are the coolest months for the area. It’s a season when the average Arizona lows typically hit around 40 to 45 degrees. You may need a furnace for times when conditions exceed the average, but in most events a heat pump can provide the bulk of your Phoenix area heating and cooling needs.

Time to Bite the Bullet

If you’ve delayed on buying a new, state-of-the-art cooling system, perhaps now is the time to act upon the need. Your Arizona air conditioning replacement specialists can help you make the right choice for your home. Cut down on your cooling and heating expenses. Now is the time to reap the benefits of a new heat pump installation.

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