Hi all,
I'm essentially 100% wood heat. Haven't burned a drop of oil since 2009-2010 for heat, and even then, I was supplementing as much as possible with pellets, so rarely used my oil heat. Anywho - had to use the oil today because the entire family was going away for about 12 hours and it was supposed to be quite cold - figured I'd set the t-stat to 70*, build a fire, and let the oil forced hot air kick in for heat if the temps dropped in the house. Here is the problem. We have a digital programmable thermostat - I set it at 70* (house was at about 68*, so it kicked on), set the switch from 'off' to 'heat', and set the fan on auto. Furnace kicked on, but the fan never blew any hot air through the ducts. Only when I turn the switch for the fan from'auto' to 'on' would the fan bring hot air through the ducts. Problem is that once the room hits 70*, the fan remains on all the time, and ends up blowing cold basement air into the house. So.......does this sound like a thermostat problem? Relay problem? What do you all think? I'm going to get working on it tomorrow and would appreciate any advice. Thanks and Cheers!
I'm essentially 100% wood heat. Haven't burned a drop of oil since 2009-2010 for heat, and even then, I was supplementing as much as possible with pellets, so rarely used my oil heat. Anywho - had to use the oil today because the entire family was going away for about 12 hours and it was supposed to be quite cold - figured I'd set the t-stat to 70*, build a fire, and let the oil forced hot air kick in for heat if the temps dropped in the house. Here is the problem. We have a digital programmable thermostat - I set it at 70* (house was at about 68*, so it kicked on), set the switch from 'off' to 'heat', and set the fan on auto. Furnace kicked on, but the fan never blew any hot air through the ducts. Only when I turn the switch for the fan from'auto' to 'on' would the fan bring hot air through the ducts. Problem is that once the room hits 70*, the fan remains on all the time, and ends up blowing cold basement air into the house. So.......does this sound like a thermostat problem? Relay problem? What do you all think? I'm going to get working on it tomorrow and would appreciate any advice. Thanks and Cheers!