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Can't find the fuse Carrier Air Conditioner

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#1 ·
Hi!

Carrier AC model 40AQ030300BU

A couple days ago the temp dropped so we switched from AC to Heat. AC was working fine. Well, the heat wouldn't kick on. The fan was running but no heat, all day and yes we had it set higher to 68 and it maintained 63 inside. So we began to troubleshoot since we recently installed a honeywell 7day programmable. Then nothing would work. No fan, no AC, no heat still. Figured from our research this is a blown fuse problem since we may have had wires touch each other at the honeywell unit when double checking they were r-r, o-o, etc.

Alas, we cannot find the fuses inside the furnace(?). It's an electric system. AC located on the roof with a quick shut of switch in a box next to it. Big unit inside the house in a closet connecting the vents. There are a bunch of wires and maybe a small transformer or two or three inside that unit, but no fuse? From everything we've watched and read, there should be at least 1 fuse in the unit. We've searched online and cannot locate an owners manual for the model number listed at the top. Even went to Carrier's website and it's just terrible.

Any suggestions where we can find this fuse or at least a copy of the manual?
 
#3 ·
Sounds like it's not wired right, or you didn't shut off the correct disconnect when changing the thermostat
 
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#4 ·
We have an electrician helping us. We confirmed with a multimeter we have shut off all the power to the unit. I just need a manual so we can replace the fuses. Obviously if that's not the issue we will call an hvac company.
 
#5 ·
It's likely didn't shut off right disconnect when changing it which leads to the blown fuse issue even though it worked fine for a couple of weeks. We bought a second new honeywell non-programmable and it still isn't responding to heat, ac, or fan. Everything is definitely disconnected now.
 
#7 ·
The fan was running but no heat........Figured from our research this is a blown fuse problem since we may have had wires touch each other at the honeywell unit when double checking they were r-r, o-o, etc.
If it had a blown fuse fan would not be running.
 
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#9 ·
thanks further down in the explanation i mentioned the fan stopped working, all of it stopped working. Our electrician said looks like a the transformer smoked so we're calling the hvac pro. Also we found out our furnace doesn't have a fuse/circuit board in the actual unit so alas the manual wouldn't help us find it since it doesn't come on that model.
 
#13 ·
They were either a glass fuse or a cardboard type fuse. You can feel them under the paper wrapping with your fingers. Carrier also used a trans with a fused and a unfused tap on the secondary side. Those come in handy at times.
 
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