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This section contains both conventional and unconventional modern technology used for home heating purposes. We cover choosing, using, improving and maintaining systems. .

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Heating and Cooling Your Home Heating and cooling systems are some of the most important investments you'll ever make in your home. Whether you're buying a new house, renovating an old one or making an emergency purchase because "old faithful" finally conked out, there's a lot riding on the choices you make: Your comfort and safety are at stake, but so is your wallet.

Fixing A Furnace Philip's furnace did not work. Only a little gas got to the burner. I took the word of the repair company about the valve (my first mistake) and assumed that the valve no longer opened enough to allow sufficient gas through.

Bioheat gaining steam as home-heating option Although a typical oil truck delivers to Charles Kleekamp's home on a typical schedule, it doesn't leave the typical fuel behind. Mixed in with his hydrocarbons, Kleekamp is using vegetable oil to stoke his furnace. See also: Combustion Testing of a Bio-diesel Fuel Oil Blend in Residential Oil Burning Equipment, John E. Batey [PDF] and Low Cost Bioheating Oil Application, by C.R. Krishna [PDF]

Reducing Home Heating and Cooling Costs [PDF] this report discusses ways to weatherize the home, compares the features of the three major heating and cooling fuels, and comments on the types of heating and cooling systems on the market. The report also includes a worksheet and supporting tables that will help in the selection of a heating and/or cooling system. See also: Selecting A Home Heating System [PDF]

Do-It-Yourself.com HVAC Articles
Plenty of advertising on this site, but some pearls of wisdom (mostly on the level of "tips.") :
  • Can Furnace Blower Velocity Be Changed By Changing Wiring?
  • Concerns About Blower in a Forced Air Heating System
  • Debate Over Possible Home Furnace Flaw
  • Difference Between the Safety Standards for Gas Appliances
  • Disposing of Oil Tank Can Be a Problem
  • Energy Usage Lowering Tips
  • Evaluating an Old Hydronic Heating System
  • Furnace Air Filter Tip
  • Furnace Placement Has New-Home Buyer Steaming Mad
  • Furnace Platform
  • Gas Appliances Q & A
  • Gas Company Shortchanges Homeowner Safety
  • Gas Furnace Options Make Homeowner's Head Spin
  • Heating System Exhaust Raises Health Concern
  • Heating System Fall Tune Up
  • Heating Systems Q and A #1
  • Heating Systems Q and A #2
  • Heating Systems Q and A #3
  • Kerosene Heater Safety
  • Maintaining Home Radiators
  • Oil System Upgrades
  • Propane Heaters for the Shop
  • Propane an Effective Alternative to Natural Gas
  • Proper Ventilation for Propane Heaters
  • Small Vented and Unvented Combustion Space Heaters
  • Steam Heat

HandymanWire - Oil Furnace Questions and Answers

HomeTips: Home Heating System and Equipment

Written By: Scott Meenen N3SJH of: G&S MECHANICAL SERVICES.
Electric furnace fuse question.
Heat pump defrost cycle.
Other Heat Pump Stuff.
Electric heat facts.
Control wiring colors.
How blower and fan controls work.
Thermostat stuff.
Electric Furnace repair question about the elements and sequencers
To learn about your oil furnace click here.
To identify the components of your gas furnace click here.
To find out more about fan and blower motors click here
To find out what controls the fan in the heat mode or proper settings

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