{"id":783,"date":"2023-09-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2023-09-19T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:36:39","slug":"furnace-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/heating-service\/furnace-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Furnace Won’t Turn On? Here’s What to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your furnace is normally reliable, but now it\u2019s running into trouble. You haven\u2019t had the problem before, so what do you do now? You have a few options at your disposal, so don\u2019t panic. We\u2019ll get that home heated up in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll note that many of these may require furnace repair in Little Rock<\/a> if the situation doesn\u2019t resolve itself. Even if that is the case, we\u2019re here to help. Now let\u2019s try to get that furnace firing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It Could Be Your Circuit Breaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even though your furnace uses gas, it needs an electric charge to ignite the pilot. Go and look at your circuit breaker, pop open the box, and find the switch with the label \u201cfurnace\u201d or \u201cheater\u201d next to it. Sometimes the labeling can be a mess in these boxes, so you might have to decipher some chicken scratch to figure it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the switch is flicked in the opposite direction of every other switch in the circuit breaker box, it means it was tripped. Flip it back, but now you have to monitor and make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again. It\u2019s okay if this happens every now and again, but a frequently tripped switch is a sign of an electrical problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Check Your Thermostat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We know this seems silly, but sometimes we\u2019re so certain that we set the thermostat to heat that we don\u2019t even double-check. It happens to the best of us. Just be sure that it\u2019s been set to heat. If it has, and that\u2019s not the issue, it could be something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your thermostat is wireless, it could be low on batteries. There might be just enough juice to light up the display, but not enough to send a signal. Switch out the batteries. If the thermostat is hardwired in, as many are, you\u2019ll have to recalibrate it. This can be done by using your thermostat manual, but most often it\u2019s best done by a professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swap Out Your Furnace\u2019s Air Filter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your furnace is a forced-air system. It forces air to go through the ductwork and out of the vents, so if it\u2019s not getting proper intake, it can\u2019t send all that warm air out. It might actually be heating air just fine, but it\u2019s just not reaching the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The air intake is so important for your AC to function properly, so be sure that the filter is not only clean, but new. Sometimes we think about saving money by vacuuming out an old filter, but there\u2019s a certain level of dust and debris that can\u2019t be removed that way. A new filter goes a long way for your furnace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Time to Fix Your Furnace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your furnace might just need a quick, simple fix, but even small, fixable problems are usually indicative of a larger issue. Let us take a look at your furnace and see what the problem is, fix it, and provide regular maintenance moving forward to reduce the number of problems you\u2019ll run into throughout the span of your furnace\u2019s lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Dewee\u2019s HVAC today<\/strong><\/a> to schedule your furnace repair as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s cold, your furnace won’t turn on, and you’re not sure what to do – try these solutions first before calling for repair.<\/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":[88,6,97],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-furnace-repair","tag-heating","tag-little-rock"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}