Michael Brown
Footballguy
Long story long, we live in a split level home that didn't have AC to the downstairs level. Needed to upgrade the system to accommodate all the extra air we'd need downstairs. Had a guy in to run the ducts, bring in the new unit, replace thermostats, whole deal. First night with the new thing, cold air everywhere. Problem was, the fan kept going on and off during the night and waking me up. In the morning I check and I had the fan set to auto. Ok my bad. I reset it to "On" so that the fan runs continuously all night. Next night, same thing happens where it goes on and off.
Long story short, guy tells me that's how they're made now with safety precautions built in so that they don't overheat. I'm calling bs, because why would there be a "Fan on" setting if it's just gonna turn on and off automatically? Basically what he's telling me is that On means Auto, and Auto means Auto. Total crap. So anyway I haven't slept well in about two weeks, and I'm getting no answers on how to fix this. Anybody with experience with this or maybe a suggestion on how to disable this override feature? I'm losing my mind.
ETA: Old unit was less than 10 years old, and the fan stayed on all night. It just wasn't enough AC to handle cooling an entire house. Thus, the "upgrade"
Long story short, guy tells me that's how they're made now with safety precautions built in so that they don't overheat. I'm calling bs, because why would there be a "Fan on" setting if it's just gonna turn on and off automatically? Basically what he's telling me is that On means Auto, and Auto means Auto. Total crap. So anyway I haven't slept well in about two weeks, and I'm getting no answers on how to fix this. Anybody with experience with this or maybe a suggestion on how to disable this override feature? I'm losing my mind.
ETA: Old unit was less than 10 years old, and the fan stayed on all night. It just wasn't enough AC to handle cooling an entire house. Thus, the "upgrade"
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