Hi,
I have a Trane heat pump and air handler and it all works fine, but I have a situation I think I should be able to do but can't.
I have a Trane programable thermostate where we keep the fan set to "on". In this mode, our air handler runs on low speed all the time and steps up to full speed when heat or cool is called for. In this there is a "on", "Auto", and "Circ" option. I understand that "on" means fan always on, and Auto means fan turns on when needed. I assume Circ means circulate air, but it appears to function the exact same as On.
My situation is that we recently put a wood stove in our house as well and it is very near our main cold are intake. I assumed when we put this in I could just "turn on the air handler" and circulate air. (I assumed that changing fan to "Circ" would turn air handler on high) It seems this is a lot more complex. I called the guy who installed our system and he basicly said I coudn't do it. He suggested maybe putting in a second thermostat very near the stove and a switch to disconnect the outside portion of the heat pump and another switch to disconnect the electric heat. It all just seems VERY complicated for something that to me seems relativly simple (without actually knowing anything about it)
We don't use the wood stove all the time and typically only when we are at home so I assumed I could just walk over to the thermostat and "click" something to tell the air handler to run on "high" without starting any call for heat. When I am done with the stove I could walk back over to turn it back to "on".
It is a model 4TEE3F40B1000BA.
Dip switches are set so 5 and 7 are on which should translate to "normal" airflow setting and 90 second cooling delay at 100% and aux heat at medium high
If this is not enough system info please let me know.
What I am hoping to get is some sense if I am totally out to lunch with thinking this is possible.
I was hoping to have thermostate still work exact same way it does now, but have some way to turn the air handler from low to high on the thermostate (or some other switch)
Thanks,
Andrew
I have a Trane heat pump and air handler and it all works fine, but I have a situation I think I should be able to do but can't.
I have a Trane programable thermostate where we keep the fan set to "on". In this mode, our air handler runs on low speed all the time and steps up to full speed when heat or cool is called for. In this there is a "on", "Auto", and "Circ" option. I understand that "on" means fan always on, and Auto means fan turns on when needed. I assume Circ means circulate air, but it appears to function the exact same as On.
My situation is that we recently put a wood stove in our house as well and it is very near our main cold are intake. I assumed when we put this in I could just "turn on the air handler" and circulate air. (I assumed that changing fan to "Circ" would turn air handler on high) It seems this is a lot more complex. I called the guy who installed our system and he basicly said I coudn't do it. He suggested maybe putting in a second thermostat very near the stove and a switch to disconnect the outside portion of the heat pump and another switch to disconnect the electric heat. It all just seems VERY complicated for something that to me seems relativly simple (without actually knowing anything about it)
We don't use the wood stove all the time and typically only when we are at home so I assumed I could just walk over to the thermostat and "click" something to tell the air handler to run on "high" without starting any call for heat. When I am done with the stove I could walk back over to turn it back to "on".
It is a model 4TEE3F40B1000BA.
Dip switches are set so 5 and 7 are on which should translate to "normal" airflow setting and 90 second cooling delay at 100% and aux heat at medium high
If this is not enough system info please let me know.
What I am hoping to get is some sense if I am totally out to lunch with thinking this is possible.
I was hoping to have thermostate still work exact same way it does now, but have some way to turn the air handler from low to high on the thermostate (or some other switch)
Thanks,
Andrew
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