Winter is almost here in Lake Worth, and with it always comes chilly temperatures that can leave us bundling up with additional layers. Furnace service and more layers are typically reliable ways to keep warm on chilled days, but there are a number of other pointers available out there that you may be utilizing that are simply making you colder, not warmer.
Common Myths:
- Hot drinks will make you warmer: while the primary sensation of a hot drink can help you believe that you’re warm, your brain may sense that it should start cooling off your body, causing cooling mechanisms.
- Alcoholic drinks will warm you up: the reason we normally feel warm after a few drinks, it’s only your skin warming. Alcohol can actually reduce your core temperature, making you colder. An efficient furnace, thanks to having annual furnace service performed, is a more sound bet.
- Hot showers heat you up: as it is with hot drinks, the heat of your shower is only a fleeting feeling that fades when the water is dried up and toweled off. That’s why it’s so hard to open the shower curtain.
- Wearing only a hat will cover your warming needs: while there are a host of sources that claim a great deal of body heat is lost via your head, it’s crucial to remember that any part of bare skin increases heat loss. Therefore, while it seems obvious, if you’re only wearing a hat and not a coat or gloves, you have a better chance to lose body heat faster.
So now that you have learned about a couple misconceptions surrounding staying warm this winter, it’s not hard to see the importance of something as basic as furnace service. Of course there are other things you can do to stay warm this winter besides furnace service, but there may not be a ton that have such a great effect on your daily comfort. Give Smyth Air Conditioning Inc a call at 561-533-6066 or set up an appointment online to learn more about what furnace service can do for you in Lake Worth.