A variable speed furnace can lower your home energy costs and improve your family’s comfort at the same time. The blower motor in this type of furnace provides just the right amount of airflow at any given time to maintain your home’s temperature. In a conventional furnace, the single-speed blower motor runs until the thermostat-set temperature is reached and then cuts off. Here are three key ways your Texas home can benefit from a variable speed furnace:
- Reduced energy consumption: The variable speed motor starts at a low speed and, as the name implies, varies the airflow to meet your home’s heating requirements. Most of the time, the blower motor runs at a much slower speed than the motor in a single-speed furnace. It ramps up only as needed. Largely because it runs on DC voltage, the variable speed blower motor uses as little as a fourth of the energy required by a conventional motor.
- Quieter operation: You’ll no longer have the loud noise of the furnace kicking on and the motor running at a high speed until your home has reached the desired temperature. The blower motor in a variable speed furnace quietly ramps up and ramps down as needed. You and your family members might not even be aware that the furnace is running.
- Improved comfort: With a conventional furnace, the blower motor runs until the right temperature is reached. Then it goes off, only to go on again when the temperature drops. Because a variable speed furnace is always keeping your home at the right temperature, you and your family members won’t get the chills that tell you the furnace needs to kick on again. Your home won’t have that drafty feeling. The longer run times at a slower speed also provide improved humidity control.
Interested in finding out more about the variable speed furnace? Call Bill Joplin’s Air Conditioning & Heating. We can answer your questions and help you find the heating system that’s ideal for your McKinney-area home.
