How Do I Determine If My Trane Unit is Multi-stage and has aux/backup heat?
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How Do I Determine If My Trane Unit is Multi-stage and has aux/backup heat?
Background info
Thermostat= Honeywell RTH221B
Heat Pump: Trane Axiom Water-Source Heat Pump (Model No= GEHB02411L0210RL0010000200000000000)
HeatPumpManual
trane/webcache/water source heat pumps/service/wshp-svx01g-en_09012008.pdf
Hi,
I bought a new thermostat (Honeywell RTH221B), and when I call for heat, only cold air is coming out of the vents.
I’m noticing that the thermostat manual has the following: “This thermostat cannot be used on heat pumps with backup heat or on multistage systems.”
How do I determine if my unit has backup heat or is a multistage system?
Here is the pic of the old thermostat wiring:
https://imageshack.com/a/img924/7463/oRaEli.jpg
Thermostat= Honeywell RTH221B
Heat Pump: Trane Axiom Water-Source Heat Pump (Model No= GEHB02411L0210RL0010000200000000000)
HeatPumpManual
trane/webcache/water source heat pumps/service/wshp-svx01g-en_09012008.pdf
Hi,
I bought a new thermostat (Honeywell RTH221B), and when I call for heat, only cold air is coming out of the vents.
I’m noticing that the thermostat manual has the following: “This thermostat cannot be used on heat pumps with backup heat or on multistage systems.”
How do I determine if my unit has backup heat or is a multistage system?
Here is the pic of the old thermostat wiring:
https://imageshack.com/a/img924/7463/oRaEli.jpg
Last edited by PJmax; 12-31-17 at 11:25 AM. Reason: added pic from link
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Welcome to the forums.
Digit 22 - Electric Heat
0 = None
1 = Internal Boilerless Electric Heat
4 = External Boilerless Control Electric Heat
According to the model number you don't have backup electric heat.
No multistage controlled by thermostat either.
Usually on a Trane the B is the C connection. It looks like X may be the C connection which means you won't use it. Just tape it off.
Jumper J1 in HE position. Jumper J2 in O position.
OR set slide switch to heat pump.
In advanced programming set function 5 to 3.
honeywell/resources/techlit/TechLitDocuments/33-00000s/33-00102EF.pdf
Is this your only source of heat ?
Are you in a cold location ?
Heat pump systems are usually slow heating so be careful if you use setback as you may be in for some cold times waiting for the system to recover.
Digit 22 - Electric Heat
0 = None
1 = Internal Boilerless Electric Heat
4 = External Boilerless Control Electric Heat
According to the model number you don't have backup electric heat.
No multistage controlled by thermostat either.
Usually on a Trane the B is the C connection. It looks like X may be the C connection which means you won't use it. Just tape it off.
Jumper J1 in HE position. Jumper J2 in O position.
OR set slide switch to heat pump.
In advanced programming set function 5 to 3.
honeywell/resources/techlit/TechLitDocuments/33-00000s/33-00102EF.pdf
Is this your only source of heat ?
Are you in a cold location ?
Heat pump systems are usually slow heating so be careful if you use setback as you may be in for some cold times waiting for the system to recover.
Last edited by PJmax; 12-31-17 at 11:52 AM.
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Correct..... only one compressor wire.
It could be multistage based on time but it's not determined at the thermostat.
I'm not real familiar with the complete workings of geo thermal units.
It could be multistage based on time but it's not determined at the thermostat.
I'm not real familiar with the complete workings of geo thermal units.
#5
can tell by the wiring, that's a single stage with no backup heat.
if your unit was air to air, it probably would have backup heat due to capacity loss as it gets colder outside.
if your unit was air to air, it probably would have backup heat due to capacity loss as it gets colder outside.