Aprilaire 600 Not Working


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Old 12-12-18, 04:00 PM
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Aprilaire 600 Not Working

I have an Aprilaire 600 that worked perfectly prior to me poking and prodding around the furnace baord measuring voltages. I ended up blowing the fuse on the furnace board. I replaced the fuse and all operations returned back to normal with the exception of the humidifier (no water flowing). I have since upgraded my thermostat to an Ecobee 3.

Following instructions in another thread I shorted the wires at the humidistat and still no water. Could whatever caused the furnace fuse to blow, also damaged the solenoid valve?

I'm not sure what to try next.

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Assuming I get the humidifier working, how should I connect it to the ecobee?
Right now the Common (brown wire) and R, W, G, and Y wires on the furnace board are connected to the same spots on the ecobee.

I've attached pictures of the furnace board, terminals that the humidistat/solenoid wires connect to, and my lousy attempt at shorting the humidistat wires.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
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Old 12-12-18, 04:08 PM
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Welcome to the forums.

In every thread involving an Ecobee and humidifier I give the same answer.
I'm surprised you didn't see it if you were reading other threads.

One solenoid wire goes to directly to the C terminal on the furnace board.
The other solenoid wire goes to the ACC+ terminal on the Ecobee.
That's it...... nothing more. Nothing in line. Two basic connections.

Shorting any 24v connection to ground will cause the fuse to blow.
 
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I guess I need it spelt out for me.

I have extra orange, blue, and black wires at the furnace board (picture 1) and at the thermostat that aren't being used.

Say I use the orange wire, I connect that to one of the solenoid wires (we'll say red) and connect the other solenoid wire (white) to the C terminal. Then the wires from the transformer and to the humidistat are connected to nothing. Is that right?
 
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Old 12-12-18, 05:07 PM
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I can't see all your humidifier wiring..... but you are correct. The transformer and the humidistat aren't connected. This is AC so there is no polarity. Orange for the ACC+ line will work.
 
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Ok I unplugged the transformer since it's not needed. Transformer and humidistat are connected to nothing. Orange wire is connected on one end to ACC+ on ecobee and on other end to Red wire from Solenoid. White wire from solenoid is connected to Common on furnace board. Ecobee has humidifier turned on to a setting of 50% with current humidity at 36%. Still no water running...
 
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Here's what I have for an electrical schematic....
 
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Did you program the Ecobee for ACC+ for humidification ?

To confirm your wiring....... take the ACC+ (orange) wire out of the ACC+ terminal and touch it to R.
The humidifier should start.
 
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I programmed the ecobee for acc+ (1 wire). However, after a few minutes, when I check the electronic wiring on the ecobee it has acc+ and acc- highlighted. Not sure why it switches.

Touching orange to R did not result in any water running. So it must be the solenoid valve then?
 
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Old 12-12-18, 07:18 PM
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It would appear to be a defective solenoid although I'd check with a voltmeter right at the solenoid to be sure there is 24vAC there then calling for humidity or touching the orange wire to R.
 
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Solenoid was fine. Traced the issue back to the saddle valve. I appreciate the help on the wiring. That all worked fine.
 
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Good job. That was the reason I had you check for 24v at the solenoid.
 
 

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