Did my landlord hook the thermostat up right?
I am renting a home and the landlord just put in a new programmable thermostat. I know that she has messed up installing other items in the house and I think she might have messed this up. Here is why, when I turn on the heat the air conditioner unit out side also turns on (maybe it is just acting like a fan?). Is this supposed to happen? Also when the thermostat gets to the temperature set it doesn't turn off, instead it just turns the heat off and blows cool air in through the ducts until it turns back on to heat the place up again, I am quite sure this is abnormal. The AC unit outside stays on the entire time. I toof off the cover of the thermostat and there are 5 wires, one green, blue and yellow and two reds. There appear to be hooked up to the letter that corrosponds to their coloe (ie Green is hooked up to G, Yellow to Y). Both reds are hooked up to RC. I have no clue what it was like on the old thermostat. Does this sound correct? And does the AC part sound normal? This is the first time I am living in a house so I just don't know.
Thanks
Mike