* Complete Troubleshooting & Repairing guide to hot air furnaces * Complete operation, maintenance, and repair * Covers gas, oil, and electric forced air systems * Includes flowcharts and highlighted tips and solutions to common furnace problems

For one/two-semester, beginning/intermediate-level courses in Forced Air Heating (using gas, fuel oil, electricity, and heat pump fuel sources). This text offers a complete guide to the installation, maintenance, and service of gas, oil, and electric forced warm air heating and heat pump systems. It explores--in great detail--a large base of newer as well as traditional equipment, using the principles and practices of older furnaces as a means of understanding the newer, electronically controlled, high-efficiency furnaces. It explores, in detail, the operation and diagnosis of controls--from the thermocouple to the SmartValve(R)--and provides a complete overview of all aspects of residential and light commercial heating.

Book covers, maintenance of comfort system, energy savings tips, easy to perform tests that may get your system back online if it breaks down, All about air filters, duct cleaning and your health. How to protect your self from scams and unscrupulous contractors. How to select a quality contractor, what to look for when you need repairs or replacement of your comfort system. How to purchase service contracts or maintenance agreements, and much more.