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Posted by on June 27, 2007, 2:49 pm
> I have an old Carrier Heat Pump, I think a 50QT model. Now that the
> temps are in the 90's up in Boston I've set the thermostat at 74 F.
> (It might be around 82 F in my apartment.) I set it to COOL and the
> fan is set to "Auto".
>
> It will blow out cold air for about 2 hours but then it begins to blow
> out luke warm fan air, it will continue to do this until I turn it
> off. I've tried turning the thermostat down to 70 to see if that will
> kick it back in but that doesn't work. ( I have another thermostat
> telling me its 78 in my apartment.)
>
> What I've done is then turned the unit from COOL to OFF. Wait about 1
> minute turn it back to COOL and then almost right away it begins to
> blow out nice cold air again.
>
> Any ideas on why its doing this; and not settling on a tempature? I
> almost feel like its the thermostat but I have really no background in
> this field. I've called to get an estimate on a replacement and I've
> been quoted over $5K.
And?
> Also there have been a few times where I've just turned the unit on to
> COOL and I just get Fan air not cool air. When this happens its
> similiar to the above in that I switch it off; wait and then turn it
> back on to COOL and then it works.
>
> I know its old but I had it serviced back in December and the tech
> said it was in good condition.
Ever had your car breakdown after having it serviced 6 months ago?
> Anything I can check on my end? Something I can do myself before
> calling for service?
Nope, it's broke!
> Thanks in advance.
>
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