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Posted by Anametrix on June 20, 2006, 7:47 pm
Thanks for the hint, I've tried this and indeed the AC continues to
crank...
Can you give me a rough idea of how much I might expect to pay to get a
"sticky relay or contactor" fixed here in the greater Boston area -
just so I have an idea and don't get bent over for it.
Thanks again for the help, much appreciated.
Stormin Mormon wrote:
> Might be a sticky relay or contactor in the AC. Time to call a service
> guy.
>
> Something to test. When it starts to get too cold, switch the
> thermostat from "cool" to "off". Or to "heat". If the AC continues to
> cold, you know it's not a thermostat problem.
>
> --
>
> Christopher A. Young
> You can't shout down a troll.
> You have to starve them.
> .
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have what looks like an ancient Honeywell Chronotherm III running my
> heat/ac system here at home. For the last 2 years it has operated
> without problems, however over the last couple of days it has started
> to act up.
>
> It seems that it will no longer hold the temperature when the system
> is
> on the A/C. I set the slider to "Cool" which engages the A/C, then
> press hold and select the desired temperature. Usually this would turn
> the A/C on and off automatically to maintain the temperature I had
> entered. Not any more...
>
> What happens now is that the screen displays:
>
> 1:18pm -AC
>
> (replace 1:18pm with whatever the current time is)
>
> The A/C is running, but will continue to run until I go down to the
> basement and shut it off at the shut-off, (regardless of the
> temperature setting on the thermostat) otherwise we'd be living in an
> icebox by now.
>
> I've tried changing the batteries in the thermostat but to no
> avail...does anyone have any ideas as to what I can try next, any help
> would be very gratefully recieved!
>
> Thanks in advance!
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