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Heat System
Guidelines
Guidelines for protecting heat pumps and electric furnaces during power failures in cold weather were released this week by Potomac Edison.
PE heating equipment specialist Merle Guyton noted that some of the equipment in central electric heating systems should not be allowed to re-start following a power failure until internal protective parts have had time to stabilize temperatures.
Guyton urged owners of heat pumps and electric furnaces to adhere to the following guidelines:
HEAT PUMP CUSTOMERS When an outage occurs, turn off heating system at the thermostat. After the power has been restored, wait 15 minutes, then return the thermostat to its normal setting. If the power was off for more than one hour, the thermostat should be operated on the "emergency heat” position at the desired temperature for at least 12 hours before switching thermostat back to normal operation.
ELECTRIC FURNACE CUSTOMERS - When an outage occurs, turn the heating system off at the thermostat. After power is restored, wait 15 minutes, then return thermostat to normal heat setting.
Guyton stressed that the above procedures during power outages will serve to protect the owner’s heating equipment and also help assure that excessive immediate demands on PE facilities do not cause another outage.
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