One of the most common appliances for heating the home is a furnace system, which is typically attached to a series of ducts, allowing heat to be transported throughout the home. Furnaces can make ...

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Electronically commutated motors have gained significant ground in recent years, and last year’s Fan Efficiency Rating (FER) implementation only further encouraged ECM adoption as a popular way to ...

Setting up a blower correctly is sometimes a mixture of luck and educated guessing. That’s because it’s tough to pinpoint exactly which blower speed is correct. Assuming high speed for cooling and low ...

A Granger family had a close call with their furnace. They thought it might be on fire. It turns out they had a faulty blower motor. That's the motor that runs the fan that pushes warm air into your ...

Subject pretty much says it all - I'm aware that a crud-encrusted blower fan (is that redundant?) will move less air than a clean one. Since our HVAC system is not currently capable of keeping up with ...

Question: I am planning to get a new mid-efficient furnace and air conditioner this year to replace the originals. I am unclear whether to run the furnace blower fan 24-7, continuously, virtually year ...