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Posted by Bubba on January 31, 2007, 5:55 pm
>> >I have a rather cheap Goodman heat pump. Last night temp got down to
>> >15F or so, so I turned the "Emergency Heat" on - it's a manual switch
>> >on the thermostat. The little red light came on, I smelled that funny
>> >lint burning smell that usually happens the first time it is turned on
>> >every winter. So then I went to bed, woke up early to a freezing
>> >house. The emergency heat had stopped working in the night sometime.
>> >I went to the thermostat, turned the emergency heat off, and the fan
>> >kicked on and warm air came from the vents. I turned the emergency
>> >heat back on and the fan shut off. Is there a reset switch on the
>> >unit that, until switched, would cause this to happen to the emergency
>> >heat only? My wife is going to call repair man today to come check
>> >it, but I thought you guys might have some ideas as well. Thanks.
>> Usually, when you own a heat pump, you have someone come out in the
>> fall, clean the unit, check refrigerant levels, test heating elements
>> and check performance levels.
>> "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".
>> Maybe next time you will consider servicing your unit.
>> Bubba
>And just for the record I did consider servicing my unit, but your mom
>was just waaaaay to ugly.
Yeah, she said she needed tweezers and a microscope to find your
'unit".
Bubba
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> >15F or so, so I turned the "Emergency Heat" on - it's a manual switch
> >on the thermostat. The little red light came on, I smelled that funny
> >lint burning smell that usually happens the first time it is turned on
> >every winter. So then I went to bed, woke up early to a freezing
> >house. The emergency heat had stopped working in the night sometime.
> >I went to the thermostat, turned the emergency heat off, and the fan
> >kicked on and warm air came from the vents. I turned the emergency
> >heat back on and the fan shut off. Is there a reset switch on the
> >unit that, until switched, would cause this to happen to the emergency
> >heat only? My wife is going to call repair man today to come check
> >it, but I thought you guys might have some ideas as well. Thanks.