Thats not a brain teaser.
I bet you have a Simple Comfort Tstat......
did I win? What do I get?
hey folks,
I got a brain teaser for ya. Why does my aux heat come on when it gets hot out. At night when the outside temps drop, the unit works fine. By 10 am, it will throw on the aux heat. Some times its at the start of the cycle, sometimes its during. Regardless, its not cooling when it does. Its been high 90's here daytime. What I've done so far is to turn off the unit at the breaker, then turning it back on a few seconds later. It seems to kick start the cooling, but its not a permanent fix. By the next cycle the problems start again. The filter is clean, the coils are clean, the unit outside is clear of debris. I believe the unit is less than 8-9 years old. I live in a 1400 sq ft modular. Outside unit and inside unit are only like 8 feet apart. Could it be my thermostat (old looking mercury switch type). Please help, mother coming to visit soon, and long summer ahead.
Thats not a brain teaser.
I bet you have a Simple Comfort Tstat......
did I win? What do I get?
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If you don't know, then don't do. If you don't know and still do, then be prepared to pay someone else a lot to undo what you did and then do it right.
If you do know, then do. But do it right. Otherwise, you may not be doing it long.
You have a defective xxxxxx.
You local service tech can fix it for you.
Please call him before your strip heaters wipe out your xxxx, these area PITA to change out.
my thermostat is a Trane weathertron.
BTW, what is broken(xxxx), don't keep me in the dark!
I'll probably have to call a tech to fix this, but I wanted to arm myself with some knowledge about the problem before I do. I'm no dummy, I work in the remodel/construction business. I work on everything in the house, except the a/c. Mainly cuz I don't have the right tools. To me it sounds like a bad sensor is giving the wrong info to the main control, so in return it is turning on a response( aux heat). or something....IDK
Please shed some light on this dark subject so I can negotiate properly with the tech. I can't afford to pay for a bunch of work I don't need.
Please Help.....time is running out for me.
I know there is a lot of hvac geniuses here, all I ask is for one or two to give me a minute of their time. I would be glad to return the favor in any carpentry , automotive, or agriculture questions they may have. --Cheers
LOL Never met a tech that would negotiate. I don't.
No one will tell you exactly what is wrong because this is not a DIY site and such information is not allowed in this forum.
Call a tech and pay the man when it's fixed. It's much cheaper than the alternative.
There are several possible causes.
A tech has his OWN check out procedure. Any direction you give to look at for teh problem will only slow him down.
Simply tell him the symptoms, and let him do his job.
Then after you pay him.
Go to your local used car lot and negotiate on a price for a car if you want to negotiate something.
Going into the possibilities would violate the no DIY rules of this site. Sorry.
I'm sorry, what I meant by negotiating was not accepting the call for a new compressor, when all I needed was a sensor replacement. I don't expect a fix, but an idea of what I should expect. That way I know my tech is on track, or if he is as clueless as me. I'm not trying to break any rules.
LOL.
Well, its not your compressor causing it.
Most likely a minor part. Price of said minor part is not always cheap.
BTW, is it OK for me to stop the system when the aux heat light comes on, by flippin the breaker, then flippin it back on? Or am I hurting something by keeping the A/C going? Thanks for all your time.
I would leave it off when you go to bed.
Eventually, the aux heat will come on right away, even after shutting the breaker off, and turning it back on.
Not the best thing to keep turning it on and off.
Sounds like a simple control problem. Somewhere in your system some control is calling for auxilliary heat. It'll cost you a lot less to get someone out pronto to fix this issue then it will for you to keep paying the cost of those heaters operating.
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If you want to risk it, thats up to you.
I only advise what the safe thing to do is. if it kicks teh heat on in the middle of the night. You'll just wake up to a very hot house. And a big electric bill.
thanks RoBoTeq, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Now to find that perfect tech......