Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/d-RIOlkhLoE Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1bbe3caf Sean and I talk about heat pumps and the when, why and how of them for heating water. Hot water heat pumps are gaining in popularity, but are they a good idea?
I purchased a #replacement from Rheem. It arrived; I installed it, reconnected everything, turned the power back on, and ... the control board still showed #error 68: "incorrect #signal from #ECM".
They sent me the #wrong bloody motor, and I stupidly didn't triple-check the part number before installing it.
The motor itself is identical, just the programming is different.
I'm going to have a bit of a #tech#rant (less charitable people might say #whine) here. If you just want jokes and cute bunny pictures, feel free to skip this one.
Object of my #ire this week? #Furnaces. I'm not even going to rant about their main control boards; most of that's been said better than I could say it, by others with more knowledge than I.
So of course each furnace line has a different (in my case) #Rheem#part#number for the motor, even though all of them are actually the same 1/2 HP GE motor and controller -- they've just had different #settings "blown" into them.
And if you try to use the "wrong" motor from another furnace, the control board says "no way!" and won't work.
So Rheem gets to keep #selling#parts that are #exclusive only to them, and only for one model of furnace, so they're stupidly #expensive.