If last summer’s energy bills had your eyes popping in disbelief, the problem may not be the power company’s exorbitant rates – it may be the air conditioning system in your Harrisburg, Hershey, Carlisle, Middletown and Palmyra area home. Higher-than-expected energy bills are an excellent indicator that your home air conditioning system is not operating [...]
You shouldn’t be able to smell your home heating system. The most imperative thing: if you smell gas, turn off the heating system, open some windows and call your power company right away. The last thing you want to ignore is a potential gas leak, which could cause a fire. Better to have a power [...]
Microsoft Hohm http://www.microsoft-hohm.com/ is a free online program that compiles an energy usage profile tailored to your Harrisburg, Hershey, Carlisle, Middletown and Palmyra area home. Then it recommends specific ways you can save energy (and money). Hohm allows you to keep track of your usage and savings online. You can even share your information with [...]
Look out your window right now, and you may be overlooking one simple way to control your home cooling costs and extend the life of your home air conditioning system. It’s the sunshine through your windows. For exactly the same reason we encourage you to open your drapes, blinds or shades on the winter days [...]
It’s so simple, but it can never be repeated enough: keep the area around your furnace clear. Putting anything too close to the furnace can cause a catastrophic fire or an explosion in your Harrisburg, Hershey, Carlisle, Middletown and Palmyra area home. Don’t store things within two feet of your furnace. That includes storage bins [...]
If something does go wrong with your home heating system, or there’s an area of your Harrisburg, Hershey, Carlisle, Middletown and Palmyra area home that just refuses to get warm no matter what you do, you might be tempted to buy a portable space heater. Be very careful with these devices! They reach very high [...]
Your landscaping may be raising your energy bills. It’s true. If you’ve planted trees or shrubs or allowed them to become overgrown around your air conditioning condenser, they may actually be hindering the operation of the unit and reducing the efficiency of the whole home air conditioning system, thus raising your energy bills. Your condenser [...]
It’s spring in the Harrisburg metro area – the perfect time to do a little preventive maintenance on your home heating system. At CROH Heating & Air, we encourage homeowners to maintain their home heating system all year ‘round by getting annual tune-ups, rather than repairing it at a time when you’re not going to [...]
