A/C Pros in Highlands Ranch area?

[Ramsker]

Well . . . I verified power from the panel to the switch with the fuse. And I have power to the door switch and power from the door switch to the board. I'll try the transformer check a little later--although not sure I know what to do for that exactly. Will try to follow your instructions with the wire identification.

Edit: Anything beyond what I checked to this point is probably well beyond my abilities to fix anyway, unfortunately.

[Ramsker]

Just thinking ahead to the worst case sceanrio . . . if this ends up being a costly repair, it might be worth our while to just punt on the 1990's furnace and upgrade? What are the Tier 1 furnaces and AC units these days (about 3200 sq foot house)?

Hoping it's not going to come down to that, but preparing for my typical luck.

[Stu_Padaso]

Just thinking ahead to the worst case sceanrio . . . if this ends up being a costly repair, it might be worth our while to just punt on the 1990's furnace and upgrade? What are the Tier 1 furnaces and AC units these days (about 3200 sq foot house)?

Hoping it's not going to come down to that, but preparing for my typical luck.

Contractors grade of Rheem 150K BTU Furnace 80% Efc and a 5 Ton Cond & Coil 13 seer w/ touch screen t-stat Installed to Code for $3500 +or - $100

[fitterjohn]

Contractors grade of Rheem 150K BTU Furnace 80% Efc and a 5 Ton Cond & Coil 13 seer w/ touch screen t-stat Installed to Code for $3500 +or - $100

I would jump at that price if I needed one. Way cheaper than people are doing it in Fort Collins it seems like. Lol or maybe I just don’t want to do it so I tell people such a high price no one will take me up on it.

[bryjcom]

Contractors grade of Rheem 150K BTU Furnace 80% Efc and a 5 Ton Cond & Coil 13 seer w/ touch screen t-stat Installed to Code for $3500 +or - $100

Thats insanely low. In fact I question any person willing to do it for that Price. Especially 5 ton equipment and 150k btu furnace.

Very rarely are those size units ever used

[bryjcom]

Contractors grade of Rheem 150K BTU Furnace 80% Efc and a 5 Ton Cond & Coil 13 seer w/ touch screen t-stat Installed to Code for $3500 +or - $100

In fact if your willing to do it for that price then I will sub out all my work to you.

[Stu_Padaso]

Please keep in mind that i have hardly no over head , and that is swap out meaning all work sheet metal , gas , electrical done to code but no permit , permits for new install or remodel is a must
for swap out stupid IMO , revenue gen for city that's it. Bryjcom i would welcome any and all sub work i will p/m you

[Ramsker]

Been away for the last several days so haven't been keeping up with my own thread. Appreciate all the continued responses and info!!!!!

Things are running like a top at the moment, so hopefully they continue to do so.

[Ramsker]

OK . . . latest update. I pulled the 2 wires (black and white) from the bottom of the board that run up to the transformer and tested the "tabs" on the board. I have 120v there. I then put those back on and pulled the 2 yellow wires that run from the transformer back to the top area of the board and tested the connectors on the wires. I have zilch on those. That's assuming I did everything correctly--think I did but I am a total noob at using a multimeter. So . . . bad transformer at the minimum???

I did find the lights on the board. There are 2 green lights on the right hand side of the board sort of behind the big clump of wires coming on from the top. They don't light up at all when I turn on the heat and hold down the door switch.

[fitterjohn]

Yes if you have 120v going to the transformer on the black and white you should have 24v on the yellow wires coming from the transformer You can also put the door back on and turn the furnace on. Pull the thermostat from the base plate and measure between the r and g terminal or the r and c terminal if a wire is hooked up to the c terminal and see what you have. I’m waiting for a -40 degree freezer to come down to temp so I’ll be on this for a while to help if need be. And just a good FYI he transformers they sell at Home Depot 90% of the time don’t have enough va to work