Many thermostats have a setting called EM heat, emergency heat or auxiliary heat. You shouldn’t normally rely on it warm your house, but it’s useful when the thermostat’s regular settings ...

That means you are spending three times as much money to run your heat pump in auxiliary mode. No. Hepke says only thermostats that control a heat pump will have this setting, which makes sense ...

HVAC.com states, that it can turn on when the inside temperature of the home goes below three degrees of the set temperature on the thermostat. How will I know if auxiliary heat is being used?

Tennesseans around the Volunteer State are already feeling the icy chill of January. But is it time to turn on the emergency ...

(NEXSTAR) – With frigid temperatures, ice, and snow in the forecast for much of the U.S. this week, heaters practically everywhere are going to be working overtime. If you’re not feeling the ...