Coleman home heater stops working fault code "limit switch open"
How do you test a
pressure switch and other limit controls?
This is for people
who are experienced with electrical equipment and the use of a Volt Ohm meter.
*Please never by pass a pressure switch or limit control. The pressure switch
and limit switches are there for your safety. You would
test by setting your volt meter to "Volts AC" and test the rollout switch by
placing one meter probe on one terminal of the rollout switch and your other
meter probe to a good ground. Have the red probe touching the top
terminal of the rollout switch and the black probe touching a ground (body) of
the furnace. You should be getting 25.85 volts which means the rollout is
good on the top terminal. I would next test the bottom terminal of the rollout
by touching the red meter probe to the bottom terminal on the rollout switch and
the black terminal to ground. If I get 25.85 volts on the bottom terminal the
rollout is good. If I do not get any voltage on the bottom terminal then the
rollout has tripped and can be reset (if equipped) by pressing in on the little
button or replaced. If your rollout
switch is tripped you probably have a stopped up heat exchanger or a leaking
heat exchanger. I would recommend calling in a service technician to find out
why the rollout switch tripped. If you have an open limit control either
the furnace has over heated or the limit has gone bad. Problems that would make
a limit open up would be dirty filters, dirty evaporator coil causing a
restriction in the air flow or a slow blower motor (check the capacitor on the
blower motor to make sure it is good). A weak blower motor capacitor will cause
the blower to run slow and eventually fail. Pressure switches, and limit
switches can be tested with a meter in the same manner. With the furnace
calling for heat you can test each of the terminals on the pressure switch to
ground to make sure the pressure switch is closed. You should be getting between
24 to 28 volts from each terminal to ground if the pressure switch is closed. If
the pressure switch is open you either have a stopped up vent, drain line (if
you have a condensing furnace) or bad pressure switch.
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