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Old 02-07-16, 05:44 PM   #105
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There is a 'whole house surge suppressor' on the Sanyo 240 supply..

I don't know what happened with the power.. I was sitting here reading a webpage,
when the screen went black, all the LEDs went off and came right back on..
When Windows 7 rebooted, firefox opened back up on the page I had been reading!

Lady across the street called me and asked me if my TV was working..
I told her my cable boxes had just finished rebooting (like my router).

The Sanyo in the living room had cycled down normally. (vent shut)
So, I turned off the remote, for a while. In case of more power blinks.

Then, when I went to check the den Sanyo, the vent was still open, with no warm air flowing..
I assumed it had been in defrost when the power blinked. I could see a lot of snow on the side of the HX.

I used the remote to start a manual defrost (cooling mode) set the temp to 20C
(the room was at 21C) and left for 10 minutes. I came back, shut it down,
so the water on the outdoor HX coil would drain down good and left it sit for about 1/2 hour..
Then, when I came back to fire up the unit, it seemed to start up okay.
I had not noticed the operate LED was flashing at 1 HZ.

Walked back into the living room and checked the den TED.. Zero watts!
Came back to the den and saw the flashing..
The TEDs didn't register any alarms for HV or KW. Maybe because the failure was so short..

Since spring is near, we should be able to get by until nice weather. I hope.
Then, I may be able to find the problem. Maybe even fix it.
At the same time, I'm going to be looking at those new models, that work down to -20 F...
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