Common Furnace Problems

Your furnace is an important appliance in your home. As a homeowner, it helps to understand the things that might go wrong with some of your appliances. This way, you will not only know when to call for a furnace repair Sacramento, but you can also learn how to prevent some of them. 

After all, some of the issues that will arise with your furnace are completely avoidable. Gilmore Heating, Air and Plumbing, the best Sacramento HVAC company, shares the most common problems you will encounter with your furnace. 

Not Producing heat 

Your furnace’s job is to provide you with adequate heat throughout the cold season. The failure to produce heat is an indication that something needs fixing. There are a number of reasons why your furnace could be failing to produce heat. 

• The wrong fan setting. This setting only allows the fan to blow air through your house but without any heat. 
• The wrong thermostat setting. Your furnace uses a thermostat to help provide adequate heat. If the thermostat is off or not set to heat, or if the temperature setting is put too low, your furnace will not produce any heat. 
• A faulty air filter. The air filter is important in preventing dust particles and debris from being blown inside your house. With time, the air filter will get clogged. This clogging will interfere with the supply of air to your house. This will stop the furnace from producing heat.  
• Lack of flame for ignition. For a furnace to start working and warm up your house, the fuel has to be ignited. This is made possible by pilot light. In older furnaces, the pilot light is on continuously. Newer models, on the contrary, come with an electric ignition that ignites the pilot light at the start of every cycle. A problematic ignition prevents from lighting the flame which, in turn, affects the supply of warm air in your house. 

The furnace does not turn on automatically 

Your furnace cannot switch on without the help of your thermostat. The thermostat, on the other hand, monitors the temperatures inside your house triggers the furnace to switch on when a certain temperature is met. 

There are a number of things that could affect this system. For example, a low setting on the thermostats will mean that your furnace will only switch on if the house temperature lowers to a certain level. 

Check whether your circuit breaker is off. Sometimes, the circuit breaker could be off which hinders the automatic operation of your thermostat. If this is the case, contact Gilmore Heating, Air, and Plumbing about heating maintenance services Sacramento.