News of General HVAC Questions (1)

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The Emergency Heat switch on a Heat Pump thermostat confuses many people. The fact of the matter is that most people don't seem to understand exactly what Emergency Heat is and when they need to use it. Many people think that Heat Pumps don't work in cold weather and they are supposed to use the emergency heat whenever it gets really cold... Wrong!

What is Emergency Heat?
Simply put, all Heat ...

I recently ordered a direct replacement blower motor for my furnace, when I received the new motor I noticed two wires were connected differently. The green wire is where the black wire is on the old motor. The old motor has the green wire connected from the motor housing to the blower assembly, the new one has the green wire on the connector where the black one was on the old one. Is it safe ...

Genteq is a division of Regal-Beloit Corporation, one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors in the world. Genteq is the rebranding of Regal Beloit’s GE ECM, GE Capacitors and GE Commercial Motors divisions, which occurred in 2009


Regal Beloit acquired General Electric’s Commercial and HVACR Motors and Capacitors businesses in 2004. These acquisitions from General Electric effectively doubled Regal Beloit’s size.

As part of that acquisition, Regal Beloit acquired the rights to use the ...

Trying to understand your York Furnace or Air Conditioner's Serial number?

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This chart is good for units up to 2004..



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This information applies to 2004 to Present...

YORK(October 2004 to Present)
Date of Manufacture (October 2004 to Present): The manufacturing date code is the second and third and fourth digits of the serial number. (To determine month: A = Jan; B = Feb; C = Mar; D = Apr; E = May; ...