Carrier Zone System Down After Recent Storm 

Those original Honeywell dampers are prone to stick closed that is probably why someone disconnected it. I would recommend quoting two new updated damper motors they are super easy to replace just the motor

Nice work figuring it out John. If you don't see something often it's hard to be good at it. I appreciate the fact you said you weren't an expert at zoning as we all have things or areas we could learn more about. Thanks for sharing 🛠️👍

You did good, zone is easy once you understand the flow.

Yeah as soon as you unplug the 20 Four-power on the old one and plug it back in. It looks exactly the same as this new one you just put on

Took me awhile to understand zoning It’s pretty simple once u figured it out. It can get kinda tricky if they are using multiple damper’s for 1 zone , meaning just more wire’s to trace 😂😂😂 Whenever I go to a zoning call I never been to, first thing I do it test make sure it’s working right. Good job bro

Hey John the reason for the zones are that each thermostat goes to each room and when the thermostat in a room that zone will only turn the unit on for that room !!!!! Unless there all calling at once !!

Some times you don't need to be a pro at everything when common sense goes a long way too ... Thx for posting ...

Where I live, if park in the wrong zone, you get a parking ticket. 😅😅 But seriously, good repair! The installation of that system made me cringe.

Whole house surge protection is almost a must

Zoning is more for technology geeks The word zoning means: The house has 2 or more dampers If the house has dampers it means it will have 2 thermostats atleast... If the house has two thermostats and no zone board that just means one thermostat is the real one and the other one is just for easy access if you dont feel like walking to the other one (is the way i see it) which at the point your entire hvac system will be running non stop cause its sensing 2 different temps to switch on and off constantly Also zoning is to save money Your suppose to set the different zones to 2 degrees (+/-) different if you going to have matching temps then you are wasting the entire zone capability/function

"I don't know much (about zoning)......... but I know I love you (Carrier)". LOL, I dunno, sounded funny in my head, I'm bored. I just got off work from adding central AC to an existing Goodman forced air system along with a few new runs and returns to a recent addition. Thanks for the video, John!

Zoning is actually easy. Just think of the board as your thermostat.

Great Video. Thank you for sharing

We had zoning at the one place I owned and we liked it. We did it mainly for the renters downstairs. They liked to control their space. After we got rid of renters I gotta admit it was still nice to keep most of the cool air upstairs. As much as possible. If ya ask me it’s an extra hassle if it quits working.

I would suggest using your meter. It’s your best friend on them.

The 2 people you mentioned ought to be the obvious candidates to teach you more about zoning. And if they say no, there's always your mascot 😉.

But that basically means all you had to do originally was I'm plugged 24 V and then plugged 24 bolt back in and they probably wouldn't worked fine. It's probably they replaced the battery in the upstairs thermostat

You should've checked your 24v. If you're trying to run all that zoning plus 2 thermostats off the factory transformer, it's too much VA. Always separate the zoning using a second transformer. That VA drop does weird things to those boards.

We do a ton of zoning up here in new england. It does work great if sized and installed properly. Alot of customers dont want the hassle of dealing with 2 systems even tho im with you john as far as one for the 1st floor one for the 2nd floor.

Same here in North Carolina we had very heavy rain

Happy Easter John. Our storm is too much rain. I shutdown my shop oil heaters and went back to electric. Spring is coming, so don’t need so much heat anymore.

Zoning is not that hard. But that wiring really really hit my ocd

Wow !.. just More problems or more trouble then it's worth !.. yes two system house !

Great video bud👌

I agree two story two systems or two story 1 system no zoning!

When a thermostat calls that zone will turn on sorry

Those green light are always on zone 1 2 3 it changes to red when one is calling and either the heat or cool led on the other side will light up

i would offer to fix that wiring mess its horrible

No hate, but appears he does not like wearing a seatbelt

Good job for not being a expert on zoning John.