Your heat pump must be the proper size for your Allen, TX home to work efficiently this summer. A system that’s too large or too small for your home can bring you a lot of trouble. Here are three important signs that your heat pump is the wrong size.
1. Short Cycling
If your heat pump turns off before it can complete a cooling or heating cycle and then turns on again, it’s short cycling. This will throw off your system’s rhythm and can be extremely damaging, especially over the long term. It’s also one of the primary indicators that your HVAC system is too large for your home.
If your system is too large, it will bring the temperature in your home down to your chosen level much too quickly. In response, your thermostat will signal your heat pump to stop working, although the latter has just started its cycle.
2. Never-Ending Operation
Unlike the previous sign, continuous and uninterrupted operation could strongly imply that your heat pump is too small for your home. Just as the excess power of an overly large system will force it to cycle too quickly, so the insufficient strength of one that’s too small will keep it from cycling at all. An undersized system will constantly struggle to keep your home cool and may never quite do so, forcing it to operate endlessly and endure great stress.
3. Massive Energy Bills
Mis-sizing hugely contributes to inefficiency, and the most overt sign of low efficiency is a ballooning utility bill. Of course, many other things, like debris trapped in your heat pump, may also cause this issue. Get a tune-up if you aren’t sure of what’s causing your energy costs to increase.
Keeping a wrongly sized heat pump in your Allen, TX home is a recipe for trouble. Call Samm’s Heating and Air Conditioning to schedule HVAC services today.
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