Heating in Florida
Heat pumps, heat strips and the two weeks a year they matter.
Does your Orlando AC have a heater? How to tell in two minutes
Most Central Florida homes heat with the air conditioner — either a heat pump or electric strips hidden in the air handler. Here is how to find out which one you own, and whether you own one at all.
Heat pump blowing cold air in heat mode: normal or broken?
Sometimes a heat pump is supposed to blow cool air for a few minutes. Sometimes it means a reversing valve or defrost board has failed. Here is how to tell which, in the order we check.
What a heat kit costs to add to your AC in Orlando (2026 prices)
Electric heat strips are the cheapest way to give a Florida air handler heat it never had. What the kit costs, what the install involves, which size you need and where the surprise charges hide.
That burning smell when the heat first turns on: normal or not?
The first cold night of the year produces a wave of "my AC smells like it is burning" calls. Usually it is dust. Occasionally it is not. How to tell the difference in the first half hour.
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