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Posted on Apr 24, 2009

Fan running constantly in the house

Changed filter in house and chemically cleaned outside coils, fan still runs constantly in the house, outside fan will only kick on when you hit the reset button on the outdoor unit, will heat and outdoor fan will shut off inside does not, outside fan will not kick back on until you hit the reset button again. The thermostat is in the auto position, this unit is a heat pump with no special thermostat.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    If the indoor fan is set to AUTO it will run until the thermostat is satisfied. If it will not stop at all there is a bad fan relay inside.

    The outside unit is tripping either because of a bad relay or low on refrigerant.

    Possibly a bad fan motor outside causing high pressure trip.

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Check t-stat and make sure fan is set to "Auto", that might be why fan is running all the time, or it could be a fan relay that is stuck closed. It sounds like you A/C is over charged or you have a bad high pressure switch, this was a common problem with this manufacture especially in the heat mode.

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