HAve you ever wondered how your AC cools your home? Your AC uses refrigerant to help cool your home. The way the air conditioner works is to grab the warm air from your home, cools it, and pumps it back in. Your compressor compresses the cold refrigerant gas causing its pressure to rise. This process […]
How Does My Dehumidifier Work?
Have you wondered how your dehumidifier works? A dehumidifier’s purpose is to decrease humidity in your home. Humidity can be best described as that muggy feeling you have on a warm day, almost like you’re swimming with no physical water around you. When you reach 100% relative humidity, the chance for rain increases. How Humidity […]
Am I Protected From a Power Surge?
We have heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast for the next two days. Illinois is known for its summertime thunderstorms. Thunderstorms can bring issues to your homes appliances. You most likely have most of your electronics on a power strip/surge protector which is great. What most of us tend to overlook though is the big appliances […]
Childproofing Your Air Vents
Do you have a little one at home? Toddlers love to get into absolutely everything they can, including playing with the air vents on your floor. It if is in their reach, they will try and play with it. People with your children know to childproof the normal things like cabinets and electrical sockets but […]
Should I Close Some of My Registers?
Have you heard that you should close some of the registers in rooms that are not being used to save energy? Is this really a good idea? Bartlett Heating and Air has some answers. It is true that your heating and air conditioning use up a lot of energy. This totals to about half your […]
