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FAQs - HEATING AND COOLING
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Our Michigan
heating and cooling customers always have lots of questions.
Here are a couple of them, with the answers!
Question: I have NO HEAT - forced air furnace - what
can I do?
Answer:
Check the following: or call
313-381-2665 to schedule a furnace repair or service. |
Alert Heating and Cooling Inc.
offers heating and cooling installation, service, and repair
for the Downriver Michigan communities which include Allen
Park, Brownstown, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights,
Ecorse, Flat Rock, Grosse Ile, Lincoln Park, Melvindale,
River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate,
South Rockwood, Taylor, Trenton, Westland, Woodhaven,
and Wyandotte.
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Check the furnace filter, is it clean? |
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Is the thermostat in HEAT mode? If the
thermostat
is digital, most of them require new batteries
every two years. |
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Check circuit breaker or fuse. |
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Is the switch at the furnace on? |
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If you had the blower door off, most furnaces
require the blower door to be in place
correctly. If the blower door is ajar the blower
door switch will not allow the furnace to run. |
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If you have a 90+ high efficiency furnace and it
is very cold out or very snowy you may want to
check the 3” PVC pipes that go outside, see that
they are unobstructed of snow, ice, paper cups,
wasp nests, GI Joe action figures or anything
else that may be in there. |
Question: I have NO AIR CONDITIONING what can I do?
Answer:
Check the following: or call
313-381-2665 to schedule an air conditioner repair or
service.
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Check your circuit breaker or fuse. |
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Outside on the house is a gray electric box.
Normally this is a fuse disconnect which means
it needs to be opened, different brands open
differently. Then once inside there is a
handle, pull out, turn it around and you will
see two fuses. Check the fuses and replace them
if bad. |
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Check your digital thermostat, it may need new
batteries. |
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Keep your outside condensing unit clean: turn
off thermostat, take a garden hose spray the
outside unit down for about 2 minutes, or until
any debris is washed off. Let dry for 10
minutes, and then turn your thermostat back on. |
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Keep basement registers CLOSED in the summer. |
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If you have a condensate pump, we suggest
putting a cup of bleach in the pump once a
month, winter and summer. |
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