Giantsean
Member
Hey All,
Having some (maybe) issues w/ my installers. We went through the rigamarole with the heating side (see my other post if interested) and still have the following conditions:
- air continues to blow cold when the tankless has a DHW call. They say nothing they can do
- both hydro coils in both AH's plumbed backwards (supply goes in the out hole, and vice versa). They say it makes no difference
- installed a Honeywell zone controller best suited for a heat pump. It works but it's always telling me emergency heat is running. They say that's normal
So that's heat. Now tis the season for cooling. I have two TAM7 AH's and the Silver XI (maybe called Gold 13 now.. who can follow this) 16 SEER condensers. 2 down and 2.5 up.
Besides blowing me off about six times, they finally came in and installed the condensers (reason it took time was that they don't do electrical, so I had to... plus I was waiting for an electrical service upgrade). Besides having to do all the high and low voltage myself, and setting all the DIP switches myself (they are not familar w/ Trane/AS but still, you'd figure it's theirs to do), I got both of them working. They also "weighed in" the freon rather than did any sort of readings, but again it works. My fear is that the newer stuff (or stuff other than the crap they may normally work on) is less forgiving.
I still have a few things to go over with them that I discovered. First they slapped in fiberglass filters. I'm sure they are good for airflow, but are they recommended? All I heard was how I could clean them over and over. The bigger PITA is that I found a piece of insulated flex that was connected to the boot, but only the fiberglass was there. not the actual plastic duct. I guess in theory that works, but that seems a bit too hacktastic for my tastes. Not to mention bits of fiberglass blowing at us over time.
Ok sorry I'm venting a little (no pun intended). At least I still owe them a little so I can insist they get this sorted. Worst case there is nothing above that I am incapable of doing myself, but I hired pros because I wanted it done right. Wasn't the most expensive quote but all the things they DON'T do or I have to fix will add up fast.
Having some (maybe) issues w/ my installers. We went through the rigamarole with the heating side (see my other post if interested) and still have the following conditions:
- air continues to blow cold when the tankless has a DHW call. They say nothing they can do
- both hydro coils in both AH's plumbed backwards (supply goes in the out hole, and vice versa). They say it makes no difference
- installed a Honeywell zone controller best suited for a heat pump. It works but it's always telling me emergency heat is running. They say that's normal
So that's heat. Now tis the season for cooling. I have two TAM7 AH's and the Silver XI (maybe called Gold 13 now.. who can follow this) 16 SEER condensers. 2 down and 2.5 up.
Besides blowing me off about six times, they finally came in and installed the condensers (reason it took time was that they don't do electrical, so I had to... plus I was waiting for an electrical service upgrade). Besides having to do all the high and low voltage myself, and setting all the DIP switches myself (they are not familar w/ Trane/AS but still, you'd figure it's theirs to do), I got both of them working. They also "weighed in" the freon rather than did any sort of readings, but again it works. My fear is that the newer stuff (or stuff other than the crap they may normally work on) is less forgiving.
I still have a few things to go over with them that I discovered. First they slapped in fiberglass filters. I'm sure they are good for airflow, but are they recommended? All I heard was how I could clean them over and over. The bigger PITA is that I found a piece of insulated flex that was connected to the boot, but only the fiberglass was there. not the actual plastic duct. I guess in theory that works, but that seems a bit too hacktastic for my tastes. Not to mention bits of fiberglass blowing at us over time.
Ok sorry I'm venting a little (no pun intended). At least I still owe them a little so I can insist they get this sorted. Worst case there is nothing above that I am incapable of doing myself, but I hired pros because I wanted it done right. Wasn't the most expensive quote but all the things they DON'T do or I have to fix will add up fast.