Not going to warn you again.
[Reply]

No shit bug, they were calling for 1-3 up here but it's snowing pretty good. Guess that's the price we have to pay to get 40's this week.
[Reply]

I was pretty frickin' cold, my furnace quit working and woke up to 45 degrees (inside). The wind chill at that time was around -22, FML.

I had bought a new thermostat (digital) about a week prior, but hadn't put it in yet. The old one was hard to read and difficult for my mom to adjust (she had some health issues a couple years ago, so I had her move it with me). So anyway, I put the new one in while waiting for her to wake up. She got up and said, "Gee, it's really cold in here". LOL

I told her to get dressed and I'd drop her off at the store while I went over to Menards to pick up a few things. We get back home (put a pot roast in the oven) blahblahblah.... and I continued my troubleshooting efforts .... finally figuring out that the stupid sensor rod was dirty. Cleaned that sucker off and HEAT!!!!!!! Why the hell did it take so long to even think of that? Frozen Brain, I guess.
[Reply]

Indeed, the flame senor rod is the weak link in my unit as well. I used to do the same thing, remove it, gently work it with emery cloth and reinstall it. I can tell you this, it won't last as long once some of the surface coating has been removed. I did some digging and punched in the part number and found I was able to buy that rod on Amazon for $6.52, so I ordered 3 of them. I figured for that price, I might as well.
[Reply]

Good to know! I'll go ahead a get a couple "backups" as well. Because you know damn well that it won't quit working when it's 50 out, it'll wait until the next deep freeze.
[Reply]

Murphy's Law at its finest.
[Reply]

When i was going to school for HVAC, they taught us to use a dollar bill to clean them. It has just the right amount of abrasive to take the carbon off of it without screwing up the coating.
[Reply]

Really? I generally just use the end of the flathead screwdriver I used to remove it.
[Reply]

Yep, I've been doing it that way for over 10 years and have never been called back to one.
[Reply]

:-)

(About 1:30 if you want to skip to just the actual cleaning part)


[Reply]

Damn, you’re very resourceful, n00b. Bwana didn’t even know that and he’s the Macgyver of CP.
Look at that. That n00b even made a YouTube video about it
[Reply]

That's really good to know. :-)
[Reply]

This will be a cold ride home...


[Reply]

Oh wow, if you had a leaf blower, (preferably cordless) you could get most of it, if not, good luck.
[Reply]

They'll never get the smell of mold out once it warms up.
[Reply]