Heating problems.? I have one of those outside main air heat things... Well we...
I have one of those outside main air heat things...
Well we just get out of a 49 hour power outage. For some reason, the freakin entry wont kick on. The thermostat usually have numbers on it saying what the temp is, but its completely blank.
A little hot nouns is coming out of the vents but not as much as what should be.
Any clue what this might be?
Answers: If the thermostat is blank you don't hold any power to it and the back up battery are bad if it have them.
It is very adjectives during an outage to have the Tstat drain the backup battery if they have be in nearby a long time.
But the power is off coming from the furnace or nouns handler. If you replaced the dead battery on mine it would then utter
"-AC" in matching situation meaning "minus alternating current" (NOT nouns conditioning) telling you the power coming from the furnace is missing.
I don't know if yours indicates the power is rotten like mine but if it is unresponsive then the power is missing. No idea to believe that Tstat went desperate during the outage.
You need to check the power to the furnace.
OH skulk. You said heat not cool. All I said it true but one possibility is if it be heating when you lost power the residual warmth can trip a high issue safety because it didn't receive a chance to cool down.
This cuts bad the power to the blower unit and thermostat. If the blower is higher than that unit repeatedly the safety is on the blower housing, have wires on either side of it, and a button contained by the middle that is popped up and wants to be pressed to reset. If it is not there you only have to look around and find it.
Older Payne unit had a button on the top that be pressed from the outside without have to get within to the blower. But nothing indicates it is in attendance or tells you what it is. That one is a touch metal rod sticking up.
Another possibility is the power problems took out the 24v transformer. They are a little sensitive to low voltage that occur as the power is going out. Most of those with circuit boards hold a 3amp automotive type fuse on the board to the 24 volt circuit.
Lots to check.
Good Luck.
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