Variable Capacity Heating Systems

The newest technology in heating and cooling is what is known as a variable capacity system. Unlike conventional systems that either turn on to heat your home or turn on to cool a variable capacity system will adjust how much heating or cooling and airflow goes into your home. The best way to equate the benefits of this technology is to think of cars. Can you imagine a car that is only accelerating at full speed or braking at full speed? Me neither, because that would be very dangerous, inefficient and uncomfortable. A car has a transmission that has multiple gears and a gas pedal that has multiple "stages" to put gas into your car so that when your car operates it has hundreds of micro adjustments that can be made depending on your speed, how much weight is in the car and if you are going up or down a hill. A variable capacity system works the same way, when it is 50 degrees outside and your house only needs minimal heating your system may run at 25% of capacity, but when its 25 degrees out and your house needs a lot of heat it can run at 97% of capacity. This variable capacity or modulation helps keep your home more comfortable, more efficient and has a longer lifespan. Just like a car on the highway gets better gas mileage and has less breakdowns a variable capacity heat pump system runs on cruise control for the best efficiency and lowest breakdowns. Various manufactures like Trane, WaterFurnace, Mitsubishi and Daikin offer variable capacity heating and cooling systems. Call Sky Heating to find out if this is a good product for your home! We also have up to 60 Month 0% interest financing on Trane XV18 and XV20i systems.