It started out warm enough but on Friday afternoon the furnace popped a breaker. So, Bill fixed it (and eventually put in a bigger breaker – more wattage). But by nightfall we knew something was up. The thermostat was set for 68, which it had stayed at during the day, but started to fall once the sun went down… and continued to fall to 55 overnight. We thought perhaps it was because of the strong winds and some gaps in the insulation so Saturday morning saw us installing more insulation especially on the North West side of the house. The temp came back up and so we thought we were good.
Off we went to some friend’s house to deliver a special order of flutes. Here is one of them.
When we got home we were expecting a nice cozy house….. it was 56 degrees. So we bundled up and trotted off to bed to wake to 50 in the morning. Brrrrr! Bill futzed all day with the furnace trying to figure out what the problem was. There is supposed to be a backup heat for when the temperature gets below 30 but it didn’t seem to be kicking on. He decided to go outside to the unit and check it out. When he opened the box he found a live wire that was not connected! The wind blew it against the side of the box and … well the main breaker was now tripped and the smell of electric fire permeated the house. He quickly shut off the main and capped the end of that wire so that he could turn the power back on. The unit continued to work as it had before but we still had no heat once the sun went down.
So Monday morning he called the HVAC Company to come out and look at it. Apparently we do not have a big enough element for the heat pump that we have. So, he is going to go talk with the folks that we bought it from to find out where the rest of your heat elements are. (We bought it direct from the factory – our neighbor works at the factory and got it with his discount.)
Meanwhile, back in town.... Apparently my kids were having some issues with my furnace as well. I had replaced the battery in the thermostat on Thursday evening and everything seemed to be working fine. But the kids ended up having to replace the battery again and relight the pilot light on the furnace. The microwave went out as well. So it was not a good weekend for electrical things or furnaces here.
Off we went to some friend’s house to deliver a special order of flutes. Here is one of them.
When we got home we were expecting a nice cozy house….. it was 56 degrees. So we bundled up and trotted off to bed to wake to 50 in the morning. Brrrrr! Bill futzed all day with the furnace trying to figure out what the problem was. There is supposed to be a backup heat for when the temperature gets below 30 but it didn’t seem to be kicking on. He decided to go outside to the unit and check it out. When he opened the box he found a live wire that was not connected! The wind blew it against the side of the box and … well the main breaker was now tripped and the smell of electric fire permeated the house. He quickly shut off the main and capped the end of that wire so that he could turn the power back on. The unit continued to work as it had before but we still had no heat once the sun went down.
So Monday morning he called the HVAC Company to come out and look at it. Apparently we do not have a big enough element for the heat pump that we have. So, he is going to go talk with the folks that we bought it from to find out where the rest of your heat elements are. (We bought it direct from the factory – our neighbor works at the factory and got it with his discount.)
Meanwhile, back in town.... Apparently my kids were having some issues with my furnace as well. I had replaced the battery in the thermostat on Thursday evening and everything seemed to be working fine. But the kids ended up having to replace the battery again and relight the pilot light on the furnace. The microwave went out as well. So it was not a good weekend for electrical things or furnaces here.
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