We have electric heat in our condo and it stopped working in two adjacent rooms this morning. I popped the circuits and they still don't seem to want to turn on. Is there anything easy this could be that I could attempt to fix myself? If we have to call someone to fix it, should we call an electrician or a HVAC person?
2006-12-10 02:42:24 · 7 answers · asked by nyran20 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
fyi, it worked yesterday...it HAS worked, but it stopped today
2006-12-10 03:02:33 · update #1
Second question first ... an electrician ... 1st question .... your electric heat is probably 220 volts on double breakers ... you will need to have a tester ... the 220 volts simply needs to get from your breaker to your elements .... so you have to see if 220 is leaving your breaker ... making it to your heater and getting through the thermostsat to the elements ... wherever it stops in that line is your problem ... if it makes it all the way to the element and still no heat the lement is bad. Test the breaker at the screws ... then where the wires enter the heater .... then where they come out of the thermostat etc ... good luck!
2006-12-10 02:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by Zippy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call electrician....not hvac....second...many things could have happened but most likely a short is in the system...sometimes the heating element is shot and simply needs a replacement heater...which costs very little...for baseboard...6 foot section probably $50....and little time to replace..overall
2006-12-10 03:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm in simple terms slightly questioned as to why you signed as much as a flat with electric heating in case you don't love it? this is often properly worth asking 'cos some landlords have the spare money to place in a clean GCH whether he would not could yet once you at the instant are not satisfied you're loose to furnish observe and pass someplace else. by way of extreme cost he probable would not replace to GCH till he had feedback that problems renting out his place have been right down to the shortcoming of respectable heating. i could in simple terms pass on and be slightly extra picky next time. wish this facilitates.
2016-12-13 06:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by mohrmann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that your electric heat is either baseboard or in the ceiling, you should call an electrician. The HVAC would involve ductwork, fans and a furnace, which you probably do not have.
2006-12-10 02:52:14 · answer #4 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that you are getting the correct voltage? If you are, it is the thermostat or the high limit switch. I don't think that two heating elements would go out at the same time.
2006-12-10 02:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by brian d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the heat is central it sound to me like a heat sequencer or a relay.
2006-12-10 03:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by Spence 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look for a reset button on heaters. It's not right that two should go out at once
2006-12-10 02:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by Larry m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋