Although my understanding is that the Texas SOP relieves me of the responsibility to inspect zone controllers, inconsistencies in heating & cooling is by far one of the biggest complaints I hear at the beginning of warranty inspections when I ask “do you have any questions or concerns that you’ve noticed over the past 11 months?”.
So I would like to know more about inspecting zoning controllers. Do you have a specific routine for verifying proper operation?
One zone at a time. I shut down all zones (set t-stat to off or raise/lower temp) then operate one t-stat at a time. It either responds or it does not.
Gotcha, thank you. I figured that was the general idea but wasn’t sure if I was oversimplifying or missing something to check.
It takes extra time but necessary in my opinion. As you stated, heating/cooling complaints are at the top of the list. I recently performed a new home inspection in which the downstairs t-stat and the upstairs t-stats were inverted. Down controlled up and up controlled down. I don’t care what the SoP says, the customer would have been upset.
Yep, I just did a warranty inspection with the same situation that I didn’t pick up on during the initial. They had it corrected before I returned for the warranty, but I want to catch that in the future
Yes, a real time sink for sure.
In some homes, multiple HVAC units and each one might have several t-stats and zones controllers.
Great idea!
Adjust where you are going to be, an hour in advance of going there, so it’s just what you want when you get there!
Brilliant!!