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Had work done on two American Standard Heat pumps recently. When the
tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected and one outside breaker
off. We turned the units on to AC and went to sleep. About 6 hours later
I awoke to a still hot house. Went outside and of course neither fan was
working. Units were very hot.

Is this cause for concern as to damage to the unit? If so, what might it
have caused.

Thanks

HVAC questions after repair
 

"gary" wrote in message
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Had work done on two American Standard Heat pumps recently. When the
tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected and one outside breaker
off. We turned the units on to AC and went to sleep. About 6 hours later
I awoke to a still hot house. Went outside and of course neither fan was
working. Units were very hot.

Is this cause for concern as to damage to the unit? If so, what might it
have caused.

Thanks

All compressors that I know of will shut themselves down when they try to
run outside of normal parameters. Not exactly the method I would use to
shut them off, normally. God only knows what you did to them. Guessing will
only serve to confuse the real and true situation.

I really can not understand your concept of returning to service something
that was left off. A call to the contractor surely was in order. I tag
everything I take out of service. But then I am anal about such things.
Some companies/workers assume no one will touch something taken apart.
Would you take your car from the mechanic with out one the wheels connected?
The service man should have left a note ( very least ) or contacted someone
what the situation was before he left.

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SQLit wrote:
"gary" wrote in message
...

Had work done on two American Standard Heat pumps recently. When the
tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected and one outside breaker
off. We turned the units on to AC and went to sleep. About 6 hours later
I awoke to a still hot house. Went outside and of course neither fan was
working. Units were very hot.

Is this cause for concern as to damage to the unit? If so, what might it
have caused.

Thanks


All compressors that I know of will shut themselves down when they try to
run outside of normal parameters. Not exactly the method I would use to
shut them off, normally. God only knows what you did to them. Guessing will
only serve to confuse the real and true situation.

If they shut themselves down why would the entire unit have been so hot?

I really can not understand your concept of returning to service something
that was left off. A call to the contractor surely was in order. I tag
everything I take out of service. But then I am anal about such things.
Some companies/workers assume no one will touch something taken apart.
Would you take your car from the mechanic with out one the wheels connected?
The service man should have left a note ( very least ) or contacted someone
what the situation was before he left.



I am the homeowner. The service man thought he was done and had
"buttoned" up the units and pronounced them ready for service and left.

I simply turned them on to use them after the service call.

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One would think the service tech would have at least turned the unit on and
run it to ensure it was working prior to leaving the job.



"gary" wrote in message
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SQLit wrote:
"gary" wrote in message
...

Had work done on two American Standard Heat pumps recently. When the
tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected and one outside breaker
off. We turned the units on to AC and went to sleep. About 6 hours later
I awoke to a still hot house. Went outside and of course neither fan was
working. Units were very hot.

Is this cause for concern as to damage to the unit? If so, what might it
have caused.

Thanks


All compressors that I know of will shut themselves down when they try
to
run outside of normal parameters. Not exactly the method I would use to
shut them off, normally. God only knows what you did to them. Guessing
will
only serve to confuse the real and true situation.

If they shut themselves down why would the entire unit have been so hot?

I really can not understand your concept of returning to service
something
that was left off. A call to the contractor surely was in order. I tag
everything I take out of service. But then I am anal about such things.
Some companies/workers assume no one will touch something taken apart.
Would you take your car from the mechanic with out one the wheels
connected?
The service man should have left a note ( very least ) or contacted
someone
what the situation was before he left.



I am the homeowner. The service man thought he was done and had "buttoned"
up the units and pronounced them ready for service and left.

I simply turned them on to use them after the service call.

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gary writes:

If they shut themselves down why would the entire unit have been so hot?

Some shutdowns are triggered by overheating.

HVAC questions after repair
 

"gary" wrote in message
...
SQLit wrote:
"gary" wrote in message
...

Had work done on two American Standard Heat pumps recently. When the
tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected and one outside breaker
off. We turned the units on to AC and went to sleep. About 6 hours later
I awoke to a still hot house. Went outside and of course neither fan was
working. Units were very hot.

Is this cause for concern as to damage to the unit? If so, what might it
have caused.

Thanks


All compressors that I know of will shut themselves down when they try
to
run outside of normal parameters. Not exactly the method I would use to
shut them off, normally. God only knows what you did to them. Guessing
will
only serve to confuse the real and true situation.

If they shut themselves down why would the entire unit have been so hot?

I really can not understand your concept of returning to service
something
that was left off. A call to the contractor surely was in order. I tag
everything I take out of service. But then I am anal about such things.
Some companies/workers assume no one will touch something taken apart.
Would you take your car from the mechanic with out one the wheels
connected?
The service man should have left a note ( very least ) or contacted
someone
what the situation was before he left.



I am the homeowner. The service man thought he was done and had
"buttoned" up the units and pronounced them ready for service and left.

buttoned up? "tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected " maybe
disconnected means something different to you.

I simply turned them on to use them after the service call.

I see your point. I would have thought that the units would have been run
and checked gauges, amp draw etc before the "tech" left.

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Sounds like condenser fan is not hooked up which made the compressor
trip its overload. leave the breaker off and have the tech come back
out to repair/correct unit. kinda works like a radiator in youre car,
what happens if the fan does not work? car over heats.


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"gary" wrote in message
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Had work done on two American Standard Heat pumps recently. When the
tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected and one outside breaker
off. We turned the units on to AC and went to sleep. About 6 hours later
I awoke to a still hot house. Went outside and of course neither fan was
working. Units were very hot.

Is this cause for concern as to damage to the unit? If so, what might it
have caused.

Thanks

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"buttoned up? "tech left, he left one outside fan disconnected " maybe
disconnected means something different to you.

The OP stated that the service guy had ""buttoned up" the units and
told him that they were ready for use before he left. I think that is
an appropriate and clear use of the term "buttoned up." To me, that
means he put the covers back on and they were supposed to be ready for
use. How's the OP supposed to know that the guy did a half assed job
and left a fan inside disconnected? Like anyone else, he just turned
the unit on. The service guy is a fault here, not the OP.