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no relay control of it that's active. the red wire in the control wire
no relay control of it that's active. the red wire in the control wire
will throw a relay on and off to control the heat pump.
will throw a relay on and off to control the heat pump.
According to Everrett, the AC in the shop froze up sometime between mid june and late april 2014. Eric Stein noted that the switch box on the bottom of the shop AC was open in mid june.


but, we don't need to use the heat mode of the unit and it's not wired
but, we don't need to use the heat mode of the unit and it's not wired
upstairs for it at the moment, so we should set up the filtrete like so -
upstairs for it at the moment, so we should set up the filtrete like so -


take off silver jumper
take off silver jumper, use RC and Y. (normal cooling, not heat pump cooling - the transformer
use RC and Y. (normal cooling, not heat pump cooling - the transformer
is ganged right to the relay up top).
is ganged right to the relay up top).
thin red wire on the transformer goes to RC
thin red wire on the transformer goes to RC
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for running some air from outside to the shop, so we want a switch that
for running some air from outside to the shop, so we want a switch that
can manually trigger the relay that will be controlling the air handler.
can manually trigger the relay that will be controlling the air handler.
According to Everrett, the AC in the shop froze up sometime between mid june and late april 2014. Eric Stein noted that the switch box on the bottom of the shop AC was open in mid june. That's probably not good. Presumably, nobody read the HVAC wiki page before trying to do things with HVAC. For shame!


=== Upstairs ===
=== Upstairs ===