Recent content by skeletonjoe

Thanks for your input, I was just trying to be detailed as I know these devices have their individual peculiarities on how they work and are controlled. All service calls in my area are about $85.

Question - The temperature is 29 F outside. Is the outside compressor/fan supposed to come on to heat, or only the auxilliary heating?

Update - Repaced the thermostat with a new Honeywell RTH7500 series. Now the inside blower fan comes on (solved my original problem - apparently I had a bad thermostat) when heat is called for, but the heatpump does not come on. Not sure if I wired it or programmed it incorrectly. Had C, R...

The fan stays shut off after the initial go, until the next cycle comes around.

Alright two days later, the inside blower fan appears to be having a very short cycle (maybe 2 to 3 minutes) compared to before (when it was working properly). When the fan does come on it blows very strong, so I am ruling out a bad blower fan motor. I am going to replace the thermostat (as per...

That might be it. It just went through what appeared to be a normal cycle. Am in VA, temp outside is in the 40s. I might have been impatient having just installed the capcitor. Let me observe over the course of the next day and get back to you all.

I have a Carrier heatpump system. The other week, I noticed the interior blower fan would not always coming on when the heatpump started. I was thinking it was a relay on the inside, however, my internet search provided no conclusive answers. Called a local HVAC company. The tech came out...