| This year, I simply have to invest in a new | | | | last ! It has a cleanable filter, a 24 Volt fuse that |
| heating system for my home. I purchased this | | | | protects the system's controls, a one piece heat |
| property about ten years ago. At that time, the | | | | exchanger, and the unit's surface is coated in an |
| furnace was already ten years old, so now it's | | | | electrolysized-deposition paint. |
| truly on it's last legs, and in need of a dignified | | | | This particular model of trane gas furnace is |
| burial. My brother installs heating systems for a | | | | backed by a Twenty Year Limited Warranty on |
| living, so I asked him for his advice on which | | | | the heat exchanger component only. There is a |
| company to go with. He recommended that I | | | | Five Year Limited Warranty on any internal |
| purchase a new trane gas furnace. I visited with | | | | functioning parts installed after October 1, 2001. |
| him the next day and picked up whatever | | | | For other componenets of the heating system, |
| literature he had available on their product lines. | | | | optional extended warranties can be purchased to |
| Based on the total square footage of my home, I | | | | cover such things as labor. As technological |
| opted to purchase the Trane XV80 Variable | | | | sciences have continued to advance, the |
| Speed Gas Furnace. | | | | efficiency and reliability of home heating systems |
| The specifications of this trane gas furnace are | | | | continues to improve. Twenty years ago, a gas |
| quite impressive. The feature I will enjoy most is | | | | furnace had only a 60% efficiency rating. Today, |
| the quietness of the system. This is the result of | | | | gas furnace models such as the XV80, have an |
| a well-insulated cabinet, a variable speed blower | | | | 80% energy efficiency rating. Other models of |
| fan, and two-stage gas heat. The physical size | | | | Trane gas furnaces achieve a staggering 97% |
| and structure of the unit makes it easy to | | | | efficiency ranking. Clearly, there are steady |
| accommodate. It is a 40 inch high cabinet and 28 | | | | improvements in the field of home heating |
| inches in depth. It can be positioned in either a | | | | technologies. |
| vertical or horizontal stance. This system is built to | | | | |