What Is the Thermostat?

Understanding how your thermostat works not only helps you appreciate your air conditioning and heating system but it also helps you make decisions that can save you time, energy, and money in the long run. In this post, we discuss what a thermostat is and why it’s critical to the entire system.

What Is Your Thermostat?

Your thermostat is the device you turn or press to maintain the temperature of your room or home. This small device reads the air’s temperature and tries its best to keep it at that measurement. It turns the activation of the cooling and heating system on and off, depending on what’s needed to change the room’s temperature.

Sometimes, you’ll find a thermostat that uses a dial or a set of buttons. The importance of this control system is that it can offer significant savings if you take the time to program or use it correctly.

How Can You Use Your Thermostat to Save Energy Costs?

Experts share the following tips to shave off as much as 15% from your seasonal energy bill:

1. When you are away, keep your house warmer than usual. Turn your thermostat to 75 while you’re at home in the summer. The smaller the difference between indoor and outdoor temperatures, the lower your overall cooling bill will be.
2. During winter, the best temperature is around 68 degrees. When you leave, increase it to 75 degrees. You save more in the long run and come home to the right temperature.
3. If you leave and return at a specific time every day, program your thermostat to change temperatures on its own.
4. Help the thermostat by keeping windows closed and drafts out of your home. Ventilation helps heat to move, which makes thermostats and HVAC systems work harder.

Kirkland’s HVAC Experts: Cardinal Heating and AC, Inc.

Contact a Kirkland HVAC professional, like Cardinal Heating and AC, Inc., to install a better thermostat or learn more about saving energy costs for each different season. Call us today at (425) 827-9997 to get started.