As some of you may know, I was going to have my 15 year old dying RUUD replaced and I decided to go with a Nutone system. The outside unit is a 4 ton 16 SEER, model# FS4BF048KB and the inside unit is B4VMX48KC.
The contractor I chose had a great installed price, they were polite and professional when they came to install it. They had to do a few extra things, yet never asked for more money than what was agreed to in the beginning. The units they installed is blowing even harder than the old unit, and it is keeping the whole house cool. I will post a few pictures of the install for you all to see.
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That is the good news.
As for the bad news, they did not speak English very well(common down here in S Florida), and never explained how to properly operate the new thermostat they installed. However I have an understanding of the basic controls so I thought no big deal, as I would play with it and figure out how to program it. The first problem I am encountering is that the fan on switch does not keep the fan blowing when the compressor cycles off as it is suppose to. The second problem is that if I set it to 77.0 degrees, it will get to around 79.0 and then shut off. So basically, if I want a certain temperature, I must set it 2 degrees cooler than I want to get it to cycle on and off to maintain the temperature I want.
This obviously has it's drawbacks, but is livable for the moment.
When I called them to ask for their assistance, that is where I run into the ugly.
Not that they are rude, but they do not seem very interested in coming back to see what the issue is. The guy who sold me the system said something about the inside unit being a variable speed air handler, and implied that because of this the Fan On feature would not work as my old system did. Again there is a communication problem so he may have meant something else. Regardless, it was installed on the 28th, and they have yet to come back to look at it. I informed them that they had left a few things behind, such as a jewelers screw driver, and a few rolls of masking and A/C duct tape, but that has not lured them back either.
Bottom line is that I would like some opinions as to what may be going on with my new system.
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The contractor I chose had a great installed price, they were polite and professional when they came to install it. They had to do a few extra things, yet never asked for more money than what was agreed to in the beginning. The units they installed is blowing even harder than the old unit, and it is keeping the whole house cool. I will post a few pictures of the install for you all to see.
That is the good news.
As for the bad news, they did not speak English very well(common down here in S Florida), and never explained how to properly operate the new thermostat they installed. However I have an understanding of the basic controls so I thought no big deal, as I would play with it and figure out how to program it. The first problem I am encountering is that the fan on switch does not keep the fan blowing when the compressor cycles off as it is suppose to. The second problem is that if I set it to 77.0 degrees, it will get to around 79.0 and then shut off. So basically, if I want a certain temperature, I must set it 2 degrees cooler than I want to get it to cycle on and off to maintain the temperature I want.
This obviously has it's drawbacks, but is livable for the moment.
When I called them to ask for their assistance, that is where I run into the ugly.
Not that they are rude, but they do not seem very interested in coming back to see what the issue is. The guy who sold me the system said something about the inside unit being a variable speed air handler, and implied that because of this the Fan On feature would not work as my old system did. Again there is a communication problem so he may have meant something else. Regardless, it was installed on the 28th, and they have yet to come back to look at it. I informed them that they had left a few things behind, such as a jewelers screw driver, and a few rolls of masking and A/C duct tape, but that has not lured them back either.
Bottom line is that I would like some opinions as to what may be going on with my new system.
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