Line Voltage Thermostat Question (cooling only)


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Old 06-17-13, 05:03 AM
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Line Voltage Thermostat Question (cooling only)

We have a Carrier 15 ton rooftop unit with the air handler on the first floor (3 story building) All pneumatic controls which someone made a mess out of before I started here. Ok, I'm able to get the AC to come on manually and shut it off with the breaker. This has been working fine for a few weeks and now they are asking for some kind of temp control. Is it possible to put a line voltage thermostat on the primary side of the transformer (280V)? If not, is it possible to break a connection anywhere that would give some kind of control?
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Joe
ps~reason for this is company trying to same money. ha!
 
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Old 06-17-13, 08:48 AM
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Your going to try "rig up" a control for a 15 ton AC unit that runs three floors.

You should have control wiring between the air handler and the rooftop unit.
You should try to incorporate a thermostat within that wiring.

Constantly disconnecting the AC is not going to be a good thing for the unit.

Maybe with the model number of the compressor we could help you out further.
 
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Old 06-17-13, 09:29 AM
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I'll get the number of the compressor for you. No, this unit doesn't run all 3 floors, it just takes care of the front part of the first floor. If I run it for about a hour they are good for the whole morning, and just now I turned it on again and I'll shut it off for the day in about an hour.
 
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Old 06-17-13, 10:19 AM
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OK, the model is Carrier 38AE014600 R494224, hope that helps. joe
 
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Old 06-17-13, 03:42 PM
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http://www.xpedio.carrier.com/idc/gr..._40b,r-1xa.pdf

page 18 and 19... you should be able to use a 24V thermostat. They make plenty of wireless thermostats now. You need to know how the system is controlled (voltage wise - not pneumatic wise) in order to determine how to make it work with a conventional thermostat.
 
 

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