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Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps by Treat's Heating & Cooling Air conditioners work by taking heat from the inside of a home to the unit where it is dissipated into the air.  To do this, Freon is pumped into a compressor.  Inside the compressor, the molecules of the Freon are pushed closer together.  The tightening of the molecules causes the temperature of the gas to rise along with its p…Read More

Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps by Treat's Heating & Cooling Heat Pumps and air conditioners share internal components, but their mode of operation is different.  The mode of operation for heat pumps is known as reverse refrigeration cycle, where air conditioners operation a vapor compression cycle. Air conditioners are mainly used for cooling purposes and maintaining conditions of comfort …Read More

Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps by Treat's Heating & Cooling A heat pump is a device that provides heat energy from a source of heat to a destination called a “heat sink”.  Heat pumps are designed to move thermal energy opposite to the direction of spontaneous heat flow by absorbing heat from a cold space and releasing it to a warmer one.  A heat pump uses some amount of external power…Read More

Thermostats by Treat's Heating & Cooling You may notice that your home is suddenly too hot or too cold.  Perhaps the fan runs constantly, but the thermostat stays the same.  This could be a sign of an aging thermostat or faulty equipment. Always check the thermostat manual if you have it available.  For a wireless system, you want to make sure you are using the correct batteries, these ther…Read More

Thermostats by Treat's Heating & Cooling If you notice that your thermostat screen is blank, there could be a few things that might be going on.  Check to see if you have power in the home.  If the power is out or has gone off then back on, sometimes the breaker for the furnace and/or air conditioning needs to be reset. Many programmable and non-programmable thermostats are powered by batter…Read More

Thermostats by Treat's Heating & Cooling Before you assume your furnace is broken, always check your thermostat to make sure it is functioning.  From heating and cooling systems that seems to have failed to those that are over-worked a thermostat can sometimes mask the true problem. The most important thing to check is the power.  A blown fuse, tripped circuit breaker or dead batteries will …Read More

Thermostats by Treat's Heating & Cooling Your thermostat is the main control center for your heating & cooling.  Programmable thermostats feature easy to read screens that allow you to program your heating and cooling settings and view the current temperature in your home.  If this screen goes blank, you can’t do any of this.  May units will show nothing on the screen indication there…Read More

Thermostats by Treat's Heating & Cooling We depend on our thermostats for heating and cooling our homes year round.  If your thermostat suddenly becomes blank, you noticed your rooms are not heating or cooling as they should, or your energy bill is much higher than usual here are a few things to check. The first thing to check is the power.  Check all the wires that connect the thermostat to…Read More

Filters by Treat's Heating & Cooling Air conditioning is an important piece of equipment that is installed in homes today.  It is very important to keep the system running smooth and functioning properly, especially during the season in which you use it the most. Air conditioning coils are designed with closely spaced fins that are pressed on the actual refrigerant tubes.  These fins collect…Read More

Geothermal Heat Pumps by Treat's Heating & Cooling Every climate has a temperature throughout the year that varies.  For some climates that means hot summers and cold winters.  One thing that people don’t realize is below ground the temperature stays fairly consistent all year long.  The ground is able to maintain a higher rate of temperature because it absorbs the suns energy as it hits …Read More