{"id":737,"date":"2021-04-26T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/?p=737"},"modified":"2021-04-23T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:20:23","slug":"heat-pump-stuck-in-heating-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/heat-pump-stuck-in-heating-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHelp! My Heat Pump Is Stuck in Heating Mode\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With summer right around the corner and temperatures warming up, it\u2019s time to start thinking about our air conditioners. If you have a heat pump system, this means scheduling a tune-up for the system, even if you had one done last fall. The reason for this is because a heat pump is a year round system. So while a standard central air conditioner or furnace needs maintenance once a year, your heat pump needs it every six months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you had maintenance done already or not though, the\nfact is that if you went to turn on your heat pump to cool you off, and it\u2019s\nstuck in heating mode, you have a problem on your hands! Read on to learn what\u2019s\ngoing on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How a Heat Pump Operates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To understand how this problem happens, it\u2019s first important to understand how a heat pump actually works. Heat pumps cool your home the same way a standard central air conditioner would: it evaporates refrigerant to siphon heat from inside the home and condenses it back into liquid to vent the collected thermal energy outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference between this traditional air conditioner and a heat pump is that a heat pump can reverse the direction that refrigerant flows through the system. It can do this because of a component called the reversing valve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This valve is a four-way component that sits in the refrigerant line. Inside the valve is a slide that moves between two positions. In one position, the refrigerant flows one direction in order for your heat pump to be in cooling mode, while in the other position it is reversed to be in heating mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is all possible thanks to an electromagnet component called a solenoid, <\/em>which pulls and pushes it between the two positions. If there\u2019s a problem with your reversing valve, it may struggle to change the direction that the refrigerant flows through the system. This can lock the heat pump in whatever mode it was in when the problem began, which in your case if you\u2019re reading this post was probably heating mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reversing Valve Problems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your heat pump gets stuck in heating mode, it likely\nmeans that there is a problem with the reversing valve. There are two possible\nculprits. First, it\u2019s possible that the solenoid is stuck for some reason. If\nthis is the case, the valve will need to be opened by a pro so they can reset\nit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second possibility is that the solenoid lost its charge\nand it\u2019s no longer able to move the slide. If this is indeed the problem, the\nonly option is to replace the solenoid and restore everything to its proper\nfunction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of what\u2019s caused your heat pump to get stuck in\none mode or the other, you\u2019ll need a professional to take care of the problem.\nIt may seem like a simple fix to just look up an online video for and do yourself,\nbut this can end up doing more harm than good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For expert Chambersburg, PA heating<\/a> and cooling services, look no further than Premier HVAC Services. Contact us<\/a> today! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’re a few reasons that your heat pump might be stuck in heating mode. Read on to learn what they are! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-chambersburg"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premierhvacpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}