Houghton 3600 - fan on all the time?

[zephirus]

Dear All, we were at the beach this week end and need heat. We of course have a furnace and the heat pump. Question is - does the fan run all the time its on? The heat cycled on and off but the fan never did - it just blew.
Thanks - Scott

 

[splitting_lanes]

That should be controlled with a setting. Sometimes it’s called Econ setting, I don’t know what it is for your setup, but look for a different heat setting, or an Econ setting. It saves a few watts by turning off the fan….

I wish it was possible to set the fan so that it would run for one minute after the heat cycles off…. To blow the hot air out. Our Coleman has only fan all the time, or on/off with the heat strip.

 

[zephirus]

That should be controlled with a setting. Sometimes it’s called Econ setting, I don’t know what it is for your setup, but look for a different heat setting, or an Econ setting. It saves a few watts by turning off the fan….

I wish it was possible to set the fan so that it would run for one minute after the heat cycles off…. To blow the hot air out. Our Coleman has only fan all the time, or on/off with the heat strip.

I sent a note to Houghton - basically to start a record if there is an issue ... I messed around with the controls - no discovery. Manufacturer instructions minimal.

 

[Luvnlife-ESC]

This is from the Houghton FAQ page

 

[zephirus]

Thanks Greg - the question was in heat mode. I had read that and makes more sense for A/C. Houghton just got back to me and said the fan continuously runs in every mode. For A/C, its not such a big issue (no issue), but for heat, its not so nice. Glad we have furnaces in our trailers. Thanks for the input all.

Scott

 

[Luvnlife-ESC]

Got focused on the fan thing I forgot about that. I experienced the same thing and started googling.
I prefer the furnace when sleeping because it’s more quiet to me.

 

[zephirus]

Got focused on the fan thing I forgot about that. I experienced the same thing and started googling.
I prefer the furnace when sleeping because it’s more quiet to me.

And no CO2 death worry !

 

[splitting_lanes]

No way to have the fan cycle off is a pretty big oversight on whoever wrote that control algorithm.

Let Houghton know that in your responses

 

[meassick]

One can modify the units so that the fan will only run when the compressor is running, typcally at the low speed. This has been documented in the airstream forum: Houghton AC unit - Page 5 - Airstream Forums
see posts by Hoonanea who has a pdf with details.

 

[zephirus]

One can modify the units so that the fan will only run when the compressor is running, typcally at the low speed. This has been documented in the airstream forum: Houghton AC unit - Page 5 - Airstream Forums
see posts by Hoonanea who has a pdf with details.

Awesome- thank you I will have a look - Scott