{"id":943,"date":"2012-01-27T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2012-06-25T15:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T19:49:50","slug":"silverado-heat-pump-repair-guide-how-to-handle-your-finicky-heat-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/services\/silverado-heat-pump-repair-guide-how-to-handle-your-finicky-heat-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverado Heat Pump Repair Guide: How to Handle Your Finicky Heat Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/heating\/heat-pumps\">heat pump<\/a> is designed to keep your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/california\/silverado-ca\">Silverado<\/a> home\u00a0comfortable. Warm weather, cold weather \u2013 it\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0matter. It should turn on when you need it and turn off when you don\u2019t. So, when the device starts turning on and off without reason or when you need it to stay on, what exactly is the problem and how can you fix that problem without losing the heating or cooling capacity of your device.<\/p>\n<h3>Common Causes of the Problem<\/h3>\n<p>There are a number of reasons why your heat pump would turn off shortly after turning on, and most of the time this occurs in heating mode. If it occurs in cooling mode, you should have the device inspected immediately because there is likely something wrong with a core component like the compressor. For heating mode issues, here are some common problems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dirty Coils \u2013 If the coils are dirty, the device won\u2019t be able to properly operate, especially if it has been some time since the last cleaning. Both sets of coils need to be cleaned at least once a year to avoid this becoming a problem.<\/li>\n<li>Low Refrigerant Charge \u2013 If the refrigerant gets low, you\u2019ll need to have it recharged because the pressure in the device will drop and it will therefore turn off after a few minutes of use.<\/li>\n<li>Defrost Timer \u2013 If the defrost timer is forcing the device into a defrost cycle too often (usually it is set to 30, 60, or 90 minutes), the fan might turn off every few minutes after turning on. This is a common problem and is usually due to a thermostat or switch issue which can be fixed relatively easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another thing to ask yourself when this problem occurs is whether the device is heating properly when on. Defrost timer issues don\u2019t usually impinge on the heating ability of the device, while low refrigerant can. You want to make sure the device is working properly when on and not just cycling on and off without heating capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Based on what you find, you\u2019ll need a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/contact-us\">technician<\/a> to take a closer look and ensure everything is working properly. Most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/heating\/heating-repairs\">repairs<\/a> for this type of problem are relatively simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A heat pump is designed to keep your Silverado home comfortable. Warm weather, cold weather \u2013 it doesn&#8217;t matter. It should turn on when you need it and turn off when you don\u2019t. So, when the device starts turning on and off without reason&#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":[219,6,209,132,69,73,98],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-services","tag-heat-pump-repair","tag-heating","tag-huntington-beach","tag-lake-forest","tag-orange-county","tag-silverado","tag-talega"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","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=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}