556. Cool Mornings
28 Jan 2026 · 2 min
Derek Cole explains why your heat pump smells like burning when you first turn it on in fall. It's the heat strips, not a fire. He recommends a maintenance service called happy heat restoration and a checklist that covers up to 84 points depending on your system.
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What's up everyone? Derek Cole here. Welcome back to the podcast. And it is finally getting cooler. So second morning in a row for us currently at the at this time of cool mornings. We had a freeze false advisory yesterday and this morning is another good 35 degrees. So just to remind you about the happy heat restoration, lot of you with heat pumps have turned your heat on and you had that burning smell. It smelled like something was on fire, when in reality it was your heat strips on your heat pump getting activated. But there is no fire. Probably there is no fire, there's nothing to worry about. But these strips are your backup heat source and the first time they exaggerated in, in months it's gonna burn off that, you know, excess dust and different things that's happened over, over the long summer. So the best thing to do is get a service, get it checked and make sure everything's good to go. Get the happy heat restoration to make sure you're good for the winter. And we give you a six month breakdown free guarantee with that happy heat restoration. It's a 84 up to 84 points depending on if you have gas or electric. Up to 84 point checklist is done. And we also clean that outdoor coil, which is important on seat pumps because you're also using the outdoor unit with the heat pump. You're also using the outdoor unit so you want to make sure it's good to go. It's been a long, hot summer, A lot of grass has been mowed, all the things have gotten on the coal. It's time to get it cleaned, get it maintenance, get it checked to make sure you're good for the upcoming fall and winter season. So head over to simmonsonehour. Com, click on the link for the happy restoration. But of course, if you have any questions, let me know.
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