Johnson controller set to heating?

[smAllGrain]

Pulled the controller out of the box. Plugged it in & it turns on once it gets below, instead of above, my set temp. Should the icon have a snowflake?

 

[iijakii]

I recall hearing there's a jumper you have to change inside: here's a video that came up on google. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prbWgMY3c5c[/ame]

 

[smAllGrain]

Thanks for the video, does the icon under the Fahrenheit?

 

[smAllGrain]

Also, just opened my controller & im set to cooling... Maybe I have a bad controller?

 

[smAllGrain]

Changed it to heating & that works......

 

[smAllGrain]

Changed the settings and it seems like all it wants to do is heat? Not getting it to show the snowflake only the flame

 

[day_trippr]

Try Cooling - Cut Out mode, it's the most rational:



Jump 1 should be "parked" on the left pin
Jump 2 should straddle both pins


Cheers!

 

[smAllGrain]

Try Cooling - Cut Out mode, it's the most rational:
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Jump 1 should be "parked" on the left pin
Jump 2 should straddle both pins
View attachment 339560

Cheers!

I did try that last night & im getting the same results. I'm thinking its toast

 

[smAllGrain]

Just an update, Midwest Supplies is shipping me a new one! :rockin:

 

[Jim311]

Just for curiosity, can somebody help me understand the "cut in" and "cut out" functions for both heating and cooling? It looks like it's set to cut out at certain temperatures, but you can also adjust the jumpers to "cut in" at certain temperatures. What does that mean and why would you choose that over the default setting?

 

[iijakii]

edit: daytripbro more correcterer.

 

[day_trippr]

In The Land Of Johnsons (yeah, I went there ) "cut-in" versus "cut-out" comes down to which side of your chosen Set Point you want the cooler or heater to run.

For all four examples, assume Set Point is 40°F and Differential is 5°F

In Cooling/Cut-Out, the compressor will come on at Set Point + Differential (45°F) and shut off when the temperature drops to Set-Point (40°F).

In Cooling/Cut-In, the compressor will come on at Set Point (40°F) and shut off when the temperature drops to Set-Point - Differential (35°F).



In Heating/Cut-Out, the heater will come on at Set Point - Differential (35°F) and shut off when the temperature rises to Set-Point (40°F).

In Heating/Cut-In, the heater will come on at Set Point (40°F) and shut off when the temperature rises to Set-Point + Differential (45°F).



Cooling/Cut-Out and Heating/Cut-Out make the most sense to me and are the paradigms that most controllers use.
The two Cut-In modes are not only superfluous, they just confuse folks...

Cheers!

 

[smAllGrain]

Just received my new controller, plugged it in and we are cooling!!