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Originally Posted by Xringer
As your Mom to check the manual (or you can check it on-line) and find out about the defrost mode of her ASHP. Maybe she just needs to wait a half hour for it to warm up and melt..
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She says that her unit goes into defrost mode (she can tell by the sound), but that doesn't always help. I found a few write-ups on the Net and it seems that defrost mode won't help in the "perfect storm", and central NC seems to get more than its share of freezing rain each year.
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Originally Posted by Xringer
It might be a good idea to turn off and ASHP when it's raining on cold days, and turn it back on when the rain stops. When it's snowing real hard and it's blowing around, sometimes, I'll turn ours off for a while.
No sense asking for icing..  |
That's what she does when there is freezing rain in the forecast.
Thanks, Xringer! I'm glad this isn't a problem only with unit.
I love your snow roof! Her unit has the fan blowing straight up, so the roof would have to be much higher, so less effective. Also, it would reduce the amount of light going into the already darkish office room, so she's not willing to go that way.