{"id":563,"date":"2012-03-26T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2012-03-23T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T15:12:20","slug":"reasons-your-washington-dc-heat-pump-cant-maintain-the-right-temperature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/heat-pumps\/reasons-your-washington-dc-heat-pump-cant-maintain-the-right-temperature\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons Your Washington DC Heat Pump Can&#8217;t Maintain the Right Temperature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you set your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/air-conditioning\/thermostats\">thermostat<\/a> for a certain temperature, you expect that your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/heating\/heat-pumps\">Washington DC\u00a0heat pump<\/a> will either heat or cool it to that temperature, right? When you want 72 degrees, you don&#8217;t expect to have the temperature stay stuck at 70 degrees while your heat pump struggles futilely.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes heat pumps have trouble maintaining the right temperature, especially in heating mode. It&#8217;s not uncommon, and it has a number of potential causes. Run through this checklist to see if it is something you can fix yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The outdoor unit is iced up. Running a defrost cycle can usually fix this.<\/li>\n<li>The outdoor unit is not running at all. Sometimes this is simple enough to fix on your own. Read the manufacturer&#8217;s instructions to troubleshoot the problem.<\/li>\n<li>Too much cold air is getting in the house for the heat pump to keep up. Make sure your doors and windows are closed to keep that valuable heat inside.<\/li>\n<li>Your vents are closed. It may seem obvious, but problems like this can sometimes be attributed to user error. Make sure your vents are open to allow heat in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is by no means an all-inclusive list, and it covers just those causes that you could potentially fix yourself. There are many other possible culprits out there that could be more sinister and require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/heating\">Washington DC heating and air conditioning<\/a>\u00a0professional\u00a0to be properly repaired.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The compressor is not running.<\/li>\n<li>A compressor valve or reversing valve is faulty.<\/li>\n<li>The thermostat is malfunctioning or needs to be recalibrated.<\/li>\n<li>The refrigerant level is low or there is a problem with the flow of the refrigerant.<\/li>\n<li>The heat pump needs routine maintenance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your heat pump is not working properly for several days, especially after you have tried some of the DIY solutions above, call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/contact\">Polar Bear\u00a0Air Conditioning<\/a> right away. Your heat pump may need repairs before a bigger problem develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you set your thermostat for a certain temperature, you expect that your Washington DC heat pump will either heat or cool it to that temperature, right? When you want 72 degrees, you don&#8217;t expect to have the temperature stay stuck at 70 degrees&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[109,118,83],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarbearairconditioning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}