I was out for the evening, just got home. Check the stove its auto-cleaning its 72 downstairs all good. upstairs 68 fine. I sit down in my office upstairs checking emails all of a sudden i hear my vent rumble/start-up my air handler kicked on and blowing air. I think wtf i have the heat shut off. I run to the stat sure enough its off. Why is the air handler on! I panic run downstairs open the slider and put a flashlight on the 2 ac units outside sure enough i hear it running and see what appears to be SMOKE billowing up above it! I run downstairs and shut the breaker off on the air handlers. Run back upstairs and outside to meet my wife coming from outside. she says ITS THE DRYER VENT! the vent is right on the side of the units
So im guessing, i have to find out for sure there is a protection feature in the attic attached to the pipe that kicks it on to prevent it from freezing ( im almost positive about this now that i think about it ) it must turn on to keep the water flowing so it don't freeze
ironically its 31 degrees outside, i just got home and didn't even notice it was that cold out
the access to the attic is in my kids closet and wouldn't you know it hes scared of the closet ( its a big walk in ) and keeps the door closed lol
So im guessing, i have to find out for sure there is a protection feature in the attic attached to the pipe that kicks it on to prevent it from freezing ( im almost positive about this now that i think about it ) it must turn on to keep the water flowing so it don't freeze
ironically its 31 degrees outside, i just got home and didn't even notice it was that cold out
the access to the attic is in my kids closet and wouldn't you know it hes scared of the closet ( its a big walk in ) and keeps the door closed lol