Well my zoning panel is what it is, and will stay. If I had time to do more research on one or knew before hand this would die in the heating season, I could of gotten a different one. Or if it happened in the summer, then I could of waited to order one in. Whats wrong with the timer way, what other ways are there and why are they better? Ive never owned a dual stage furnace in my life, and wont until this one completely fails on me. So i need an explanation on why a timer is bad?insertname2020 wrote: ↑ Sorry I didn't get back to you.
I looked up the zoning panel model - here's the manual/specs.
The only option for staging a furnace is the timer - not based on percent zones call.
I believe your main problem may be caused by dumping too much air from the supply.
When there's a bypass or dump zone, there's supposed to be a counter-weighted damper.
The weight is the closing force and keeps it closed when the system isn't operating.
The opening force is the pressure in the duct, and the higher the pressure, the more the damper opens.
When both zones are on, it should barely open.
When one zone is on, it should open quite a bit but still maintain decent duct pressure.
With the damper, you should be able to dump into the return again, and the DATs won't cycle it as much as before - the house should be able to heat up.
You can read more about this here: https://www.rchvacparts.com/literature/ ... 0Sheet.pdf
As to splitting up zones, it's a bad idea because your furnace and ac need a certain amount of airflow to work properly, so it means dumping or bypassing more air, potentially having a even larger duct for that.
What you've purposed as a crude patch that will make things worse.
The problem with my bypass is there is no weight on it. And for some reason, I just cant buy the weight for some reason, I need to replace the entire thing. And if I do, Im going to change them out for Honeywell Truezone BYpass Dampers that dont have the counterweights.
So what Ive purposed it crude, but for now, will have to do. When you come into a situation that you didnt create, you do what you can do
In theory in a perfect world, yes, Id love to put 20K into this, new furnace, correct ducting, etc, etc. But that wont be happening. Ill be fixing what we have now.
I have an app. at the end of the week to see if any of the points or ideas will work. And while I do use RFD for a lot of research, a in person answer from someone I 100% know is in the industry, will trump suggestion on a website from strangers
Maybe he will confirm the same things you are saying as well. But wont know until they come
And Ill be honest, I dont know you from Adam. I dont know your education, background in HVAC or anything. So while I have read and understand you know more than me, Im old enough to not just take online advice as the golden rule
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