Schrader
May 11, 2007, 07:38 AM
I have a simple 4 wire, 1 stage cooling, 1 stage gas heat system. Over the winter I replaced my Honeywell CT3200 programmable thermostat with a Totaline Wireless Thermostat System. The receiver is model P474-1100REC. The sender is model P474-1100RF.
The thermostat worked great through the winter. All the programming functions worked fine, and it did an excellent job controlling the heat in my house. I recently switched it over to Cool. The thermostat kicks on the AC compressor outside, but never turns on the blower in the furnace. I know there's typically a 30 second delay or so, but I let the compressor run for 5 minutes or so before shutting it off. If I switch to Heat, the furnace and blower work fine.
Thinking that there may be some sort of issue with the furnace, I installed my old Honeywell thermostat. The AC works fine. The AC compressor outside turns on, and then the furnace blower turns on about 30 seconds later.
So, I know the issue is with the thermostat. I checked Totaline's website, and they don't have this model listed (http://www.totaline.com/consumer/products.cfm). It's still being sold though - Totaline Wireless Thermostat System - No Need to Rewire (http://www.smarthome.com/30403.Html)
Is anyone familiar with this thermostat? Is there a setting that needs to be changed? I purchased this over 4 months ago, so I don't have any return options. I'd hate for this thing to be a $250 paperweight in the summer.
Thanks for any help!
Rob
The thermostat worked great through the winter. All the programming functions worked fine, and it did an excellent job controlling the heat in my house. I recently switched it over to Cool. The thermostat kicks on the AC compressor outside, but never turns on the blower in the furnace. I know there's typically a 30 second delay or so, but I let the compressor run for 5 minutes or so before shutting it off. If I switch to Heat, the furnace and blower work fine.
Thinking that there may be some sort of issue with the furnace, I installed my old Honeywell thermostat. The AC works fine. The AC compressor outside turns on, and then the furnace blower turns on about 30 seconds later.
So, I know the issue is with the thermostat. I checked Totaline's website, and they don't have this model listed (http://www.totaline.com/consumer/products.cfm). It's still being sold though - Totaline Wireless Thermostat System - No Need to Rewire (http://www.smarthome.com/30403.Html)
Is anyone familiar with this thermostat? Is there a setting that needs to be changed? I purchased this over 4 months ago, so I don't have any return options. I'd hate for this thing to be a $250 paperweight in the summer.
Thanks for any help!
Rob