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This page contains some of the electric heating parts that I see fail and use most often every winter in our
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Electric Furnace and Heat Pump Air
Handler Parts:
The next series of parts that we sell are used on many electric
furnaces and heat pump air handlers. The electric heat sequencer. The electric
heat sequencer allows the electric heat strips to come on and go off in a
certain timed sequence. The delay in timing keeps from overloading your
electrical system with large power load all at once. If the little points inside
the sequencer get stuck on then you might have a fan or an electric heating
element that stays on constantly. This could cause some real high electric bills
if the sequencer is stuck and causing the electric heat to stay on
constantly.
Trouble shooting Electric Heat
problems:
Problem: Electric heat will not
come on or fan will not come on.
1. First and most important, Please
make sure your electrical power is turned off before trying to repair or inspect
any type of electrical appliance. I would
recommend that you purchase an Volt Ohm meter for some of the trouble shooting
procedures listed in this section. We have a reasonably price Volt, Ohm,
Temperature testing meter on our Favorite HVAC
Supplies & Tools Page.
2. Inspect the inside of the air handler or electric furnace
for burnt wires. I find this to be a major problem. Electric furnaces use lots
of electricity. Any connections that are the least bit loose inside the furnace will cause a
heat build up, arcing and eventually a completely burned off connection. Before long the entire wire will be burnt
off. Please see picture (compliments from one of our nice customers) below of a
burnt heat sequencer. You can see where the heat build up and arcing has caused
the terminals to completely burn off the left side! This looks like a three
stack sequencer, because of the divisions in the layers of the sequencer:
I intend to include a wire repair kit with connectors before
long on our site.
3. Check your breakers or fuses inside the air handler. Again,
make sure your power is off. A good electrical
tester multimeter would be nice to test your fuses. Many air handlers have
fuses in them like the ones pictured below. You can remove these fuses and test
them with a multimeter or if you do not have a multimeter, install new fuses to
make sure they have not gone bad.
4. If you still are not getting electric heat then you should
test your sequencers to make sure they are working. I made myself a tester so I
could get portable 24 volts without having the furnace power turned on by using
an old fan center connected to a junction box with alligator clips attached to
the fan center. We sell new fan centers on our Fan
Blower Controls Page.
Tester
made from Fan Center.
Son's
13 Tennis shoe propping up tester. Ha!
When 24 volts is applied across the two bottom connections on
this sequencer you should get continuity (a closed circuit) between the two
terminals the one on the left M1 and the one on the right M2. You should also
have continuity between M3 & M4. This might take 30 to 90 seconds after the
24 volts is applied before you get the continuity. If you do not get continuity
then you might want to purchase one of the sequencers we have below.
Below we have electric furnace heat, fan sequencers with an
opportunity for you to purchase. There are several different types of
sequencers. In the trade we refer to them as, "1 stack," 2
stack," "3 stack." The following was written directly from
the installation instruction book. The sequencers we sell below are,
"direct replacement units for sequencing both fan and heat. It can be used
in a broad range of gas and electric heating equipment and many other
applications where time delay is required. The sequencers we sell have a
solid-state 24 volt heater, used to energize the control, and a variety of
normally open contact sets. These contacts close and open within specified
timings and are used to control the furnace fan and heating elements on demand
from a room thermostat. These sequencers meet a wide variety of timing
requirements and assures long life at high electrical loads as well as minimum
radio and TV interference. Each sequencer is stamped with timing specifications.
For example, H1-20 C40-110 means the ON time for heating is 1 to 20 seconds and
the OFF time for cooling is 40 to 110 seconds. The first contacts turn ON first
and turn of OFF last." Below we have pictures of some various sequencers
with an opportunity for you to purchase.
Our first sequencer is the 2 stack
model:
Our next sequencer is the 3 stack model:
All sequencers come with installation
instructions.
Above
24A34-3 Side View:
Above 24A34-3 Top View:
Jard Magnetics Low Voltage Universal Transformer #4031F-$15.00
Problem: Nothing
works on your heating & air conditioning system. The fan will not blow in
the fan "ON" position. The gas burners will not light, the outdoor air
conditioning unit will not come on.
Solution: Use a
Volt Ohm meter, set the meter to "Volts AC," to check and see if you
are getting between 24-28 volts between your "C" and "R"
terminals on your low voltage board, or between "R" the red low
voltage thermostat wire and ground. You might have to tape the blower door
safety switch, to keep the voltage on so you can perform this test. Turn your
power back OFF after completing this test using the Volt meter. Check for fuses
on the furnace control board to see if the furnace has a low voltage protection
fuse. If the furnace has a fuse pull the fuse out and see if it is blown. If the
fuse is blown check all your low voltage wiring to make sure it is not grounding
out anywhere. I have seen pinched wires that are stuck between furnace doors,
animals that have chewed through wires and just weathered low voltage wiring
that has lost its insulation due to the hot sun over the years. Any wires that
are touching together can cause the low voltage fuse to blow. The fuse protects
the expensive furnace control board from getting burned up because of a short to
ground. If the fuse is blown then I would go to the local hardware and purchase
5 to 6 new fuses. If you do not find the problem that is causing the fuse to
blow right away then you will need more than one fuse for testing. If your fuse
is OK or your furnace does not have a fuse, and you are not getting low voltage
between the "C" and "R" terminals then you might need a low
voltage transformer. I have seen some of the transformers just go bad. Below I
explain the job of a transformer. We have pictures of the JARD Magnetics
transformer with an opportunity for you to purchase.
What is a Low Voltage
Transformer? The job of a low voltage transformer is to take 110 volts AC
on the primary end, and transform or lower the voltage to 24 volts on the
secondary end. That is why on the transformer label, below it has
"PRI" 120, 208, 240 and SEC 24V 40VA. The transformer that we sell can
be used with multiple voltages either 120 volts, 208 volts or 240 volts. You
would hook up the right color coded wire to use the voltage that you have. The
color coded voltage wiring directions are on top of the transformer. For
example: The white and black wires would be used for 120 volts for most
furnaces. The White and Orange wire would be hooked up if you were using the
transformer to replace a bad transformer on an outdoor air conditioner or heat
pump that uses 240 volts.
Above close-up of
label on top of transformer:
Transformer Part #TRR01729
If you have a Trane or American Standard furnace with a bad or noisy
transformer, then we have the transformer for you! Below we have pictures with
an opportunity for you to purchase. This is a Trane American Standard OEM
transformer with a 115 volt primary and 24 volt secondary. It is rated at 35 VA.
I see this transformer installed on many of the Trane American Standard
Furnaces.
Gas Furnace Parts
Please click here to see our Furnace
Ignitors page if you would like to purchase an extra furnace ignitor.
Furnace ignitor failure is a common problem that I see every year in my HVAC
business. Troubleshooting for furnace ignitors are included on our Furnace
Ignitors page. Thank You!
Please click here to see our Furnace
Flame Sensors Page. Furnace flame sensor failure is a common problem that I
see every year in my HVAC business. Most of the time you can clean the flame
sensor with light sand paper, steel wool or emery cloth. Reinstall the flame
sensor, and you are as good as new. I have seen a few flame sensors go
completely out where you have to replace them to get the furnace back in
operation. Troubleshooting flame sensors are included on our Furnace
Flame Sensors Page.
Below
is a picture to help you identify what a flame sensor looks like. Below is a
picture of three different types of flame sensors:
Another heating part that I see go out often is the hot surface
ignitor. Please see our "Furnace Ignitors" page to purchase an extra
ignitor in case yours goes out in the cold winter months: Please Click
Here For Hot Surface Furnace
Ignitors Below we have a picture of one furnace ignitor:
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