{"id":1041,"date":"2023-10-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:54:54","slug":"your-heat-pump-stopped-switching-modes-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/heat-pump-service\/your-heat-pump-stopped-switching-modes-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Heat Pump Stopped Switching Modes, Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heat pumps are reliable and energy-efficient, but they\u2019re not invincible. Eventually, something happens to them and they need to be repaired, just like with all the machinery in your home. Except when this unique piece of equipment goes down, the issues aren\u2019t as straightforward as you might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your unit isn\u2019t switching modes, you\u2019ll likely need heat pump repair<\/a>. But before we jump to that conclusion, let\u2019s take a look at what\u2019s causing your mode-switching problem in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dirty Air Filters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is thankfully one you could tackle on your own to see if it\u2019s the problem. Your heat pump is a forced air system, which means it sucks in air and then forces it out, more or less. Air filters are there to prevent debris and dust from getting into the system and causing havoc, but it still needs a steady supply of fresh air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So when your air filter is dirty, you can imagine your heat pump has a hard time doing its job. It could even get in the way of it operating completely, which could be why you\u2019re facing this mode-switching problem. Swap out the air filter for a clean one, try running it again, and see what happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this point forward, change your filter out once every 30-90 days. Gauge how often it should be done within that window based on how much you use it\/how often it runs. It makes a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Thermostat isn\u2019t Reading the Room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your thermostat\u2019s job is to read the room temperature and send a signal to your heater or AC to bring it up (or down) to the target temperature. But we don\u2019t often think about our thermostat\u2019s role in all of this, so when the heat pump doesn\u2019t work, we assume something in the machine must be broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your thermostat can\u2019t read the temperature of the room properly, even if it\u2019s only off by a degree or two, it makes a difference in your home comfort. This means it needs to be recalibrated, and in this case, where it\u2019s impacting all of your home comfort, it\u2019s best to have a professional do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Solenoid isn\u2019t Behaving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A solenoid in your heat pump acts as a little switch that has one side for heating, and one side for cooling. If it breaks, as you may imagine, it\u2019s not going to be able to switch modes. This problem isn\u2019t one that\u2019s surface-level enough to discern without experience, the right tools, and a bit of a look under the hood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No More Heat Pump Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even though your heat pump is having a hard time right now, we can take care of it and wipe the problem away. Contact us with our contact form or a phone call and we\u2019ll get a technician out to your home to determine what the problem is and have it fixed before you know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact English Air, Inc. today<\/strong><\/a> to schedule your heat pump repair as quickly as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your heat pump is supposed to switch from one more to another, but it’s not – what gives? Let’s help you find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[100,119],"class_list":["post-1041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heat-pump-service","tag-heat-pump","tag-heat-pump-repair"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishairinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}