Where Is the Best Placement for Your HVAC Thermostat?

If you’re installing a new thermostat for your HVAC system, it’s important that you not only choose the correct thermostat for your needs, but also that you install it in the best place for the thermostat in your Fair Oaks, CA home. Not all locations are created equal when it comes to thermostat placement.

Here’s a quick overview of where you should not install your thermostat, which will help you determine where it is okay to install it.

Directly above air vents

Your thermostat is supposed to give a general reading of the temperature in an average space in your home. This means if you place it above or near an air vent, you’re going to get inaccurate readings on your thermostat, because it will be getting hit by the air blowing into your home, meaning it’ll feel either warmer or cooler than it actually is throughout most of your house. If the thermostat thinks the room is cooler than it is, then the rest of your home isn’t going to get as cool as you want it to be during the air conditioning season. This is why you don’t want to place it anywhere with temperature fluctuations.

In or near the kitchen

Speaking of temperature fluctuations, you’re going to have a lot of those in your kitchen. Use of the stove and the oven, particularly in a smaller, enclosed kitchen, will result in the room heating up to a measurable degree even without the assistance of your furnace. This means if you place the thermostat in or right next to the kitchen, you’re going to get much warmer readings than you would in other areas of the home, which will either lead to your air conditioner turning on when you don’t need it or your furnace turning off when you still need warm air in other parts of your home.

Near windows or doors

You should avoid placing a thermostat near windows and doors, because there are more likely to be fluctuations around those spots than other areas of your home. If it’s cold outside and you have air leaking into the home, it might result in the furnace running more than you need it to.

In direct sunlight

Get a sense of where the sun hits on your walls at different parts of the day, and try to avoid placing your thermostat in any locations that get direct sunlight. A thermostat that is in direct sunlight will get heated up, causing inaccurate temperature readings in the home.

In hallways

You’re probably not going to be spending a lot of time in the hallways of your home, so it doesn’t make any sense to place the thermostat there, because the hallways won’t really represent the way the air in your home really feels. The areas where you spend the most time are your best bets.

We recommend placing thermostats on interior walls away from the previously discussed areas, ideally near the center of your home in an area you use frequently. For more information about where to put the thermostat in Fair Oaks, CA, contact Cassel Air Conditioning and Heating Service today.

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