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Posted on 7/17/24 at 7:58 pm
Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1100 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 7:58 pm
So, my central AC stopped blowing 7/4.
Changed blower motor and circuit board but still was not working properly. I have it jumped, for now, and the house is cool. Everything works as it should, but I have to manually cut it on and off.

LED light on old board would not light up, new board lights up LED but won’t function properly. I’m thinking this board is also bad.

Opinions?
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15488 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

I have it jumped


Explain what you did to have it jumped
Posted by bapple
Capital City
Member since Oct 2010
12133 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:08 pm to
quote:

I have it jumped, for now, and the house is cool.


What part is jumped? There are very specific terminals from the control board that should be energized for cooling cycles and heating cycles. For example, if the control board is not sending 24V to the coil outside, the compressor will never turn on and your blower motor will just push warm air through your house.
Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1100 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 8:17 pm to
Jumped red to yellow on thermostat wires and door switch to cool wire on blower motor.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
65855 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 10:55 pm to
Don't some boards blink out a code for diagnostics?
Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1100 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 10:57 pm to
Yes, this one has a legend on the inside of the door, but the light stays on continuously. No blinks.
Posted by CrawDude
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
5610 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 11:15 pm to
You sure you don’t have a thermostat issue?

LINK

Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1100 posts
Posted on 7/17/24 at 11:23 pm to
Thanks
I’ll try this tomorrow.

I have a smart thermostat, but I can take the faceplate off and jump the wires.
Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1100 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 11:34 am to
I tried what the video showed to do but the fan would not come on, so I’m sticking with the bad circuit board.
Posted by CrawDude
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
5610 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 12:09 pm to
quote:

I tried what the video showed to do but the fan would not come on, so I’m sticking with the bad circuit board.

Could be the circuit board - I’ll state what my auto shop owner says, just b/c it’s a new part, doesn’t mean it’s a known good part. They have to send back new OEM parts all the time according to him b/c they don’t meet the manufacturers specs.

Are all you sure the thermostat wire connections to the circuit board in the furance-air handler are tight, placed on the correct terminals, etc. Ditto all the connectors that plug into the circuit board.
Posted by diablo blanco
Oakdale, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2007
1100 posts
Posted on 7/18/24 at 12:54 pm to
To the best of my knowledge, they are just as they were before it stopped working properly. I took
pictures of the wiring placement and put it all back like it was. I even deleted and reloaded the thermostat in the app.

New board is supposed to arrive tomorrow, fingers crossed it works.

Thanks for replying!
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