Aboutjohn t. borgman Expertise I work days, so I can only answer early in the day or later in the evening, I live in Oregon. I have been so good at all the other area's of hvac, I am probably the only hvac guy that does not know oil. ( lol ) I am very well versed in gas, electric and heat pumps and will only answer residential applications. I have been known the past decade or so, by my employers as the guy you send when no one can figure it out. Trouble shooting is my special. I understand the physics behind air flow, refrigerants and electricity. I understand programmable t-stats, zone controls, economizers, fossil fuel kits and the engineering thought process in the wiring and construction of residential equipment
Experience I was lucky enough to start in this field over 25 years ago as an installer, for a company that installed the best duct systems I have ever seen, even to this day. The best ,as far as understanding the way air really flows through a duct system, from the return air to the very last supply register . They also had great pride and the duct work was put in, not only to last 50 years, but to look exceptional. Then as I started doing service work, I was again fortunate that I found a 3 year engineering class being put on be a man that was the educational director for the Entire united states for a society called " the Refrigeration Service Engineering Society " And for the next 3 years I schooled at night and practiced what I learned during the day, a great advantage over schooling and then trying to remember it years later.. Versed in duct design manual J heat gain/loss calculations. Also experience in wine rooms and indoor swimming pool hvac & humidity controls
Publications I have 2 inventions that have gone through the process and been recorded at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from start to finish and thus been invited to national innovation workshops by the dept. of Commerce and the dept. of Energy. They are waste heat recovery devices that N.I.S.T approved as valid and am currently looking for marketing partners to get this product into the hands of consumers and make a BIG difference in Energy savings for every Household and Eatery and take a big bite in the the peak hours power consumption that face our Utilities companies.
Education/Credentials factory training in Lennox ,Rheem, Ruud ,Trane, Tempstar ,Carrier, Day&Night, Payne, Bryant, Coleman, Intertherm, Ultra boilers, Unico, Mitsubishi,Sanyo, Taylor, Nicewonger, . Associates degree in Refrigeration Engineering. Certified with Energy Department, Check-me Program, have N.A.T.E. certifications in gas, a/c & heat pump. Teach and apprentice at every company I work at.
Question QUESTION: I have an American Standard split system (propane). Condenser outside the rest in the attic. 5 ton allegiance 16 and freedom 90 heat. One year old system. I know I shoud be able to call the installer, long story short they skipped out on me. When it is very hot in the middle of the day my condenser goes on and off and on and off, it will not stay on. So I turn the system off then later when the outside temp. is cooler it turns on fine. On days when it is 85-90 or less out I have no problem. What could be causing this? I know I should be able to call the installer, long story short they skipped out on me.
Thank you in advance for any information you can give me,
Shawn
ANSWER: Shawn,
Your unit is cycling on high head pressure trying to protect itself. I am sorry for the flakes you got it from, but if you want it to not die a very quick death, call a service company and have a certified tech get out there asap. Hopefully you haven't damaged anything already. If you call someone who advertises Trane ( that is what you have ) ask to speak to the service manager and explain your situation and that we have talked and what is going on and if it is just under a year, they might warranty it, if not they might cut you a break to get your business. Your equipment has long warranties and they will honor them, but they have to be something other than a bad install. You will find that they did not evacuate properly and you have atmosphere ( non condensibles ) in your freon, and or they overcharged it.
Either way it is worth a service call fee to develop a relationship with a Trane dealer to have at least 10 years of worry free warranty repair.
QUESTION: Thanks for the quick response! What type of things might have been damaged from this situation? Is the cure to have the system properly evacuated and re-charged by a technician.
Thanks,
Shawn
Answer Shawn,
If it is contaminated then yes, it must be removed, evacuated properly and recharged. If ( and I doubt it ) they just overcharged, then you are lucky, the tech can just remove the proper amount.
As far as damage, the snap disc, high pressure switch could be weak now, it is only supposed to work a few times when a problem occurs, there is a remote possibility that the windings in the compressor were also weakened
