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Fifty + years in Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, Sheet Metal Manufacturing. Semi retired since 1995,
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Answer questions about , residential and commercial. Answer questions about sheet metal fabrication. Fifty years plus experience. No answers for oil equipment, No answers for kitchen appliances, No answers for laundry appliances.
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Hands on since 1950
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Recent Answers from Jim Barnhart
2009-11-21 Carrier 58sx, no pilot light or blower operation:
Salvatore, I don't have a service manual on a "Carrier 58sx" I would think the blower would run but I'm not sure how it's activated? You can take the R and W wire's loose from the thermostat and twist
2009-11-21 packaged a/c with electric heat:
Aaron, I think you have something crossed up with the 24 volt electric circuit, either in the thermostat the unit or in between? I don't know what the history of the unit is or who's doing what? Did
2009-11-20 A/C wall units, average run times:
Steve, I don't know "Eric Campion" from Adams all Fox. How long an air conditioner runs depends on how long the space it's cooling can hold in the cold and hold out the heat. If you had a 5 gallon bucket
2009-11-20 hvac heating issues:
Bill, It sounds like a high limit switch? I'm not sure which kind you have on your unit? A twenty year old outdoor self contained heating and cooling unit might have an adjustable fan switch? There
2009-11-20 heating:
Carlos, I don't understand your description? When the thermostat calls for heat the induced draft blower should start, next the igniter dose it's thing (I don't know what type igniter you have?), next
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