Heat pump subsystem defects list:
Education curriculum & inspection checklists for heat pump systems. This article follows DEFECTS LIST - HEAT PUMP and lists significant heat pump component and ancillary subsystem defects, definitions, and home inspection education topics.
This article series, beginning at BUILDING DEFECTS LISTS, provides lists of common building defects and basic defect knowledge that also outline recommended curriculum content for home inspector education.
The building defects and inspection points listed in these articles also guide homeowners and home buyers to building areas that merit careful attention and often point areas of safety concern or important maintenance and repair tasks. Page top heat pump schematic courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates, a Toronto home inspection, education & report writing tool company [ carsondunlop.com ].
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• Dirt in pan
• Inappropriate pan slope
• No float switch
• No auxiliary pan
• Pan not well secured
• Pan cracked
• Pan leaking or overflowing
• Rust or holes in pan
Shared drain
Missing drain
Clogged drain
Leaks
• Blocked or crimped
• Disconnected or missing
• Improper discharge point
• Leaking, damaged, split
• No trap
• Inoperative
• Leaking
• Poor wiring
• improper discharge location
• crimped, bent blocked discharge tube
• Damaged
• Missing
• No float switch
• No auxiliary pan
• Pan not well secured
• Pan cracked
• Pan leaking or overflowing
• Rust or holes in pan
• Capillary tube crimped,
disconnected, leaking
• Thermostatic expansion valve
loose, clogged, sticking
• Corrosion
• Dirty
• Excess noise or vibration
• Inoperative
• Mechanical damage
• Obstructed airflow
• Damaged
• Leaking
• Lines too warm or too cold
• Lines touching each other
• Low points or improper slope in lines
• Missing insulation
• Corrosion
• Damage
• Dirty
• Dirty or missing filter
• Excess noise or vibration
• Inoperative
• Misadjustment of belt or pulleys
• Undersized
• Damaged
• Dirty
• Inoperative
• Loose
• Not level
• Poor adjustment or calibration
• Poor location
• Dirty
• Disconnected or leaking
• Humidifier damper missing
• Incomplete
• Obstructed or collapsed
• Poor support
• Poor balancing
• Supply or return registers
– Too few
– Poor location
– Obstructed
• Undersized for cooling
• Weak airflow
• Incomplete
• Missing
• Incomplete
• Missing
• Missing
• Inoperative
• Poor location
• Runs continuously
Readers should see AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS for our complete list of articles on this topic.
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