Carrottop
07-15-2019, 09:49 AM
Hi all,
I thought I would share this story just in case it helps someone else. So on Friday night the wife and I go to bed and I can hear the AC cycling on and off every 5-10 minutes. It would run for 30-45 seconds and off it goes. I am lying in my bed now not sleeping thinking what the hell is going on with the AC. I lay there most of the night planning my repair attack for the morning. So at first light I wake up shut off the AC and rip the thermostat apart, no problems there appears to be working and getting good voltage. Next I get up on the side of roof very gingerly and remove the cover on the AC and I have the wife turn on the unit. Everything seems ok but the same thing it goes on for 45 seconds to a minute and shuts off and restarts 5-10 minutes later. I was just about to throw in the towel and call a mobile repair and I see the DW turning one of the other roof vents. So I ask her what she is doing and she states I want air blowing in these areas. Low and behold she had turned a roof vent close to the thermostat to point directly at it and when it cycled on it would bring the thermostat up to temp and shut off, 5 min later back on again. What a waste of 3 hours on a Saturday. I have told her she is no longer allowed to touch the roof vents. :banghead:
I thought I would share this story just in case it helps someone else. So on Friday night the wife and I go to bed and I can hear the AC cycling on and off every 5-10 minutes. It would run for 30-45 seconds and off it goes. I am lying in my bed now not sleeping thinking what the hell is going on with the AC. I lay there most of the night planning my repair attack for the morning. So at first light I wake up shut off the AC and rip the thermostat apart, no problems there appears to be working and getting good voltage. Next I get up on the side of roof very gingerly and remove the cover on the AC and I have the wife turn on the unit. Everything seems ok but the same thing it goes on for 45 seconds to a minute and shuts off and restarts 5-10 minutes later. I was just about to throw in the towel and call a mobile repair and I see the DW turning one of the other roof vents. So I ask her what she is doing and she states I want air blowing in these areas. Low and behold she had turned a roof vent close to the thermostat to point directly at it and when it cycled on it would bring the thermostat up to temp and shut off, 5 min later back on again. What a waste of 3 hours on a Saturday. I have told her she is no longer allowed to touch the roof vents. :banghead: