Went back home in the PM and waited for the heating repairman. Yesterday morning I thought the heat pump sounded strange. I looked out the window and the entire exterior of the unit was covered with thick frost. There was no way air could flow through it. I went outside and took a photo because the guy who answered the phone told me it was normal for them to frost up.
The repairman said I need a new defrost board and a 24 volt wiring harness. I had used the "emergency heat" function to keep the place warm all afternoon and would have to use it until they could get the parts. This isn't a big deal. Under normal operation the heat pump shuts totally off when the outside temperature drops to the 25-30 degree range and the system switches to "emergency heat." When I went to bed around 10 PM the inside temperature was 67 even though the thermostat was set on 69. Went I got up this morning the inside temperature was 65. The outside temperature was around 19. The "emergency heat" should easily keep it 69 degrees when it is even 10-15 degrees outside. I think it rarely gets below 15 degrees here, at least not for any significant length of time.
At 8 AM I called the heating contractor again, they are the ones who originally installed the heat pump. The guy answering the phone was the same one I had talked to yesterday. Based on my discussions with him yesterday and today he obviously knows very little about heating and cooling systems. He tried to tell me that there was no problem. I told him I was coming in to talk to his boss. He decided to schedule another service call for this afternoon.
This morning I went over to Plateau Metals and picked up the metal for the shed roofing and siding. Marvin came down and we decided we would try working tomorrow.
The service guy came out in the afternoon and after spending some time checking things over he told me that half of the "emergency heat" was not turning on. (I had suggested this was the problem to the guy in the office.) In addition to the above mentioned parts I also need a "relay". I'm not happy with the performance of my slightly used (we aren't here that much) 6 year old HVAC system.
We used to talk about not buying a car that was built on Fridays or Mondays because on Friday the workers just threw things together until they could get off work for the weekend. On Monday they were to hung over to do good work. I think I got a Friday or Monday HVAC system.
It is supposed to get down to 17 tonight and then not get below 20 for the next 10 days. Hopefully the repairs will be complete well before then.
I did spend some time out in the woods. I hung up a deer feeder maybe 100 yards from the house, but where I can see it. It is down the "lane" I cut through the woods.
May God bless you and yours.
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