NO Heat!

[scot w.]

This is a fine time to have your damn heat go out when it's 19deg out!! At 4:40 am my damn heating unit was making a god awefull noise so my wife went out and turned it off, woke me up and told me about it. so I turned it back on and nothing!! No outdoor fan motor, it's locked up! I will have to fix it today before the rain and colder weather comes tomarow...

Nice way to wake up....


Scot W.

 

[jwillettgn]

I feel your pain, the other week I let the dogs out at 2:00 AM and the downstairs was really cold, outside temp was 14. I checked and the heat pump was not running (would'n do much good at 14 anyway) and the strip was not working either. I had the next day off to go deer hunting plus I was starting to get sick as well. Long story short, I stayed home and fixed the problem, missed a day of deer hunting, and got really sick I guess from working outside in the cold on the heat pump. Problem was a bad capacitor on the condenser fan and the compressor was going out on high head temp. Still don't know why the strip heat did not work but does now.

Good luck Scot,
Jim

 

[scot w.]

I feel your pain, the other week I let the dogs out at 2:00 AM and the downstairs was really cold, outside temp was 14. I checked and the heat pump was not running (would'n do much good at 14 anyway) and the strip was not working either. I had the next day off to go deer hunting plus I was starting to get sick as well. Long story short, I stayed home and fixed the problem, missed a day of deer hunting, and got really sick I guess from working outside in the cold on the heat pump. Problem was a bad capacitor on the condenser fan and the compressor was going out on high head temp. Still don't know why the strip heat did not work but does now.

Good luck Scot,
Jim

Well after taking it apart I found that the bearings are shot on the condenser fan motor which in turn was likely causing a voltage drain on the rest of the system so I looked further and saw that the contacts on the contactor were ruined also, more than likely due to the voltage drain on it.

So i'm off to get a condenser fan motor, a Capacitor and a new contactor and hope nothing else was shot due to this damn motor..

Scot W.

 

[sawmillman]

Don't feel to bad it see like everytime I got from heat to cool or cool to heat to unit breaks down and it is only 2 years old

 

[xcessiv6]

WA WA Don't you have some HVAC traning It will be in the 50's today are you still cold, your kitty will warm you up

 

[TurboDave]

Well after taking it apart I found that the bearings are shot on the condenser fan motor which in turn was likely causing a voltage drain on the rest of the system so I looked further and saw that the contacts on the contactor were ruined also, more than likely due to the voltage drain on it.

So i'm off to get a condenser fan motor, a Capacitor and a new contactor and hope nothing else was shot due to this damn motor..

Scot W.

Ya, but if anybody can fix these kinds of things, you're the guy!

 

[scot w.]

It's all fixed and warm now! :biggrin:

Sun is out and seems like tis was the only day to do something like this for some time because it's supposed to get REAL cold and rainy!

Scot W.

 

[gnxtc2]

got really sick I guess from working outside in the cold on the heat pump.

Germs don't live outside. People get sick when they are inside with others. With everyone inside and the heat on, it's a breeding ground for germs/viruses.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

 

[jwillettgn]

Germs don't live outside. People get sick when they are inside with others. With everyone inside and the heat on, it's a breeding ground for germs/viruses.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

I know, but I sure felt like crap after laying on the ground in 20 degree weather. It was more likely I got it on my flight home two days before as the guy behind me hacked the entire flight.

Jim

 

["Turbo-T"]

outside temp was 14

New low record? I don't recall NC getting much colder than about 17.

 

[GNflyby]

I hope you get that fixed buddy, it's getting cold out there!

 

[jwillettgn]

New low record? I don't recall NC getting much colder than about 17.

Don't know if it was a record but both of my thermometers read 14 degrees at 2:00 AM that night. The coldest I have ever seen here was -2 many years ago and of course I went duck hunting that morning. We had to break the ice with an ax to get the boat in and broke ice alway to the blind, sure did some stupid stuff when I was younger.

Edit: Yes it was a record: 11/22/08 : AccuWeather.com Past Month Weather Data for China Grove, NC



Scot, glad you are up and running again.


Jim

 

[sawmillman]

next time this happens let me know I got a buddy that owns havc company He can fix yea right up at a good price.Good guy great work:biggrin:

 

[scot w.]

next time this happens let me know I got a buddy that owns havc company He can fix yea right up at a good price.Good guy great work:biggrin:

I have my H.V.A.C-R diploma and have done residential / comercial HVAC for the last 20+ years. My father owns a HVAC company in wisconsin ever since I was 13yrs old. Iv'e been around it for along time. SO, I fix my own stuff.. Thanks for the offer though!

Scot W.

 

[Little6pack]

New low record? I don't recall NC getting much colder than about 17.

Wow that is colder than NH.. Now you guys see what we go thru.

 

[Turbo Indian]

Wow that is colder than NH.. Now you guys see what we go thru.

last week here in charlotte it was colder than in Chicago!!! I think I going to see if Cal & Holly have a spare room until spring.