Bartlett Heating and Air Explains How a Faulty Thermostat Can Damage Your AC

The thermostat is arguably the most important part of your HVAC system. It is the one that controls how hot or how cold your system makes your home. The thermostat is the interaction point in home that is changed by family members daily. Even though we interact with the thermostat daily we seem to never give it much thought when something in the HVAC system goes wrong. When your thermostat is malfunctioning it can lose contact with your AC and Furnace causing neither to work. There are other times the thermostat malfunctions and can cause big issues with the AC. The first thing that can go wrong is your AC will short cycle which means it turns on and off before the cycle is completed. The thermostat will then turn the AC back on very shortly after it turned off which can cause damage to the compressor and other sensitive interior parts. This can cause motors to burn out among other issues. The compressor is the most expensive part of the air conditioner to fix so you don’t want to have this happen. Another issue you can run into with the thermostat is the wiring. When the wiring becomes skewed, it can make the fan run constantly. This can lead to the far wearing out prematurely and needing replacement. Air conditioner problems can be traced back to the source by trained technicians like the ones at Bartlett Heating and Air so call us today for all your HVAC issues!