Keep Warm With Gas Heater
It’s crucial to heat your house during the chilly winter months, but doing so comes with substantial energy costs. However, you may avoid this problem by heating your home with an effective yet affordable gas heater. Due to their affordability and low maintenance requirements, gas furnaces are ideal. A good heating system installed by a furnace repair service and installation company for your house provides more than just warmth. It’s essential, especially in the country’s colder regions. When the weather drops, staying warm involves maintaining one’s well-being and comfort. Now might be a good time to think about a replacement system if your furnace is going to die. Here are some different gas furnace types and their characteristics.
The 80% Gas Furnace
The majority of these gas furnaces can be found in older houses with chimney vents. 20% of the heat generated by the 80% furnace is vented out. Compared to the recommended efficiency for gas furnaces, this type of furnace has an annual fuel usage efficiency (AFUE) of 80%. Since the fuel is turned into heat for use in your house, you effectively recover 80% of the cost of the fuel.
Single-Stage Furnaces
The heat output of these gas furnaces is one step. Even in the coldest conditions, it operates at full capacity. It provides a maximum amount of heat, which will efficiently keep your home and family warm, but because it operates at full throttle while it is on, it is less efficient than other types of furnaces. It just has an “on” and “off” speed; there is no intermediate speed. There is no way to adjust the heat to medium, low, or any other setting; it is either off or on.
Two-Stage Furnaces
This sort of furnace is more effective than a one-stage furnace. Most of the time, the first stage is “on,” operating at a furnace capacity of 65% to 70%. The first stage setting is insufficient to heat your home while it is cold outside. The second stage will now turn on to provide your home with more heat. A two-stage furnace has the advantage of giving your house just the right amount of heat.
For details on our furnace repair service, call Mike Bergen Heating and Cooling today at this number (217) 210-0042 if you live or work in or around the Springfield, IL area.