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 Replaced an old t-stat recently with a new programmable t-stat (ritetemp model 6025). Initially had issues because person who installed or "jury rigged" the AC before us had used a non standardized color coding system on the wires.
Finally all was well. AC turns on fine but fan switch has to be on the ON position or no air blows through the vents. Turn on COOL and put fan on ON and everything seems to work fine. T-stat reaches target temperature and AC turns off but fan keeps going pulling in "hot" outside air (atleast I think it's outside air). Only way to turn off the fan is to put the fan switch to AUTO.
If AC is turned on to COOL and fan switch on AUTO, you can hear AC kick on but no air. (did i say this already?)
You can put the AC switch to OFF and leave fan switch to ON and fan keeps blowing warm air.
I have a Goodman AC model # PH036-1A and wires I've connected to T-stat are as follows:
Y on stat to Y on AC (yellow wire)
Rh bridged Rc to R on AC (red wire)
O on stat to O on AC (white even though it should be orange?)
G on stat to G on AC (green wire)
C on stat to C on AC (blue wire)
What did I do wrong?
By the way I live in hot hot Arizona so I don't really care for any heat.
Unless there is a program set up for the fan to be controlled by the air handler in the back door installer set up, your tstat is not working correctly. Call the support number if you do not have the instruction for Installer set up
