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title: How Do I Operate My HRV System?
description: Your Warranty team recommends that you test out your HRV system to ensure that you understand how it operates as soon as you move into your new Excel home.
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# How Do I Operate My HRV System?

***Please note:**** You will learn about the location and operation of your HRV system and receive your manual at your *[***Home Owner Orientation***](https://info.excelhomes.ca/knowledge/what-is-involved-in-a-home-owner-orientation?hsLang=en)*. You will also be reminded of this at your *[***First Warranty Appointment***](https://info.excelhomes.ca/knowledge/first-warranty-appointment-timeline?hsLang=en)*.*

 

Your Warranty team **recommends that you test out your HRV system** to ensure that you understand how it operates as soon as you move into your new Excel home. This will also allow you to get used to the unique energy-efficient controls it may have. The HRV system is a controls ventilation system that recovers and recycles energy from an Exhaust Air of your home.

 

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*Last updated on Oct. 27, 2023*

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