{"id":910,"date":"2012-01-06T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=910"},"modified":"2017-02-07T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T15:11:04","slug":"troubleshooting-san-clemente-thermostat-issues-is-it-the-thermostat-or-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/services\/troubleshooting-san-clemente-thermostat-issues-is-it-the-thermostat-or-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshooting Thermostat Issues: Is it the Thermostat or Something Else?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your room temperature is too hot or cold, what is the first thing you check? Probably the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/air-conditioning\/thermostats\">thermostat<\/a>. If you are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/california\/san-clemente-ca\">San Clemente<\/a> homeowner, you probably have played around with the setting on a thermostat, much to the chagrin of other occupants who don\u2019t share your same comfort level. And if you try and adjust a thermostat at work \u2013 well forget about it. Most companies now have locking thermostats or \u201cfalse\u201d ones that don\u2019t actually connect to the heating and cooling system.<\/p>\n<p>So if you have a temperature problem, is it really the thermostat that causes it? Maybe yes and maybe no. One physical characteristic to check is the location of the thermostat. If it is in a drafty hallway or near a heat source, it only reads the temperature for that area and other parts of the building are neglected. You will often find more than one thermostat in a home that is tied into more than one furnace or air conditioner.<\/p>\n<p>The older more popular round thermostats are manually controlled and do not adjust to any conditions in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/california\/san-clemente-ca\">San Clemente<\/a> home. They simply control the heating and cooling functions based on a human turning a dial. It\u2019s as simple as that. So if you use this method to adjust the temperatures, blame yourself and not the thermostat. You might want to consider installing a digital, programmable thermostat.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, let\u2019s look at some typical ways to troubleshoot a thermostat.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check      the anticipator, which is a small metal tab on the front of the printed      scale. Give it a light push in either direction. It may be stuck.<\/li>\n<li>Clean      the interior of the thermostat housing and clean the contacts (small metal      plates)<\/li>\n<li>Check      loose wires or wires that may be corroded.<\/li>\n<li>Read      the thermostat manual (if not available, look online) for other tips such      as ensuring there is voltage to the terminals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have checked everything and the thermostat seems to be in working order, look for other things within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/heating\">heating<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/air-conditioning\">cooling<\/a> system. These include blocked or restricted registers and vents, leaks or cracks in ductwork, and dirty air handling filters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your room temperature is too hot or cold, what is the first thing you check? Probably the thermostat. If you are a San Clemente homeowner, you probably have played around with the setting on a thermostat&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[188,6,69,79,216,62,97],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services","tag-costa-mesa","tag-heating","tag-orange-county","tag-san-clemente","tag-thermostat-repair","tag-thermostats","tag-villa-park"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}