In what I had assumed would be a herculean task actually boiled down to almost four hours of research, installation and troubleshooting.
It’s truly nice to know that Google has my back – and that no matter WHAT it is that I’m trying to do, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE has already attempted it – and gotten an answer. Even if that answer somewhat “bends” the expected parameters, computers only understand ones and zeros – so there’s a way around EVERYTHING.
I’m being somewhat cryptic intentionally, but it’s nothing illegal – just something that a service provider didn’t officially support, but due to programming’s inherent characteristics, a single symbol can render operations functional.
In other news, my heater is now out – not sure why. The iThermostat people say that the control unit is not getting information from the air handler – and I checked all the breakers, they’re all good. Now I’m poking around inside the control module armed with instructions on how to actually reset the unit (beyond turning the breaker off per TXU). Two days in cold. Brrrrrrrrr.
Hooray! I figured it out! The air handler has two separate breakers. Both were not in the “tripped” position, but they weren’t letting any juice through. For the minimal electrical work I do around the house, my GB Instruments Circuit Alert has saved my ass a number of times!
