Originally Posted by 2112:
I had a problem with my furnace like 20 years ago on super bowl Sunday and it was 2 degrees out. It kept ticking but it wouldn’t ignite. My friend told me to take the cover off and bang on the manifold and woooosh it ignited. I’d set the thermostat to 80 and then shut it off. I had to do that shit all day until I could get the part on Monday. It was the igniter.
Huh, that sounds more like a sticky gas valve, sometimes they won't open and giving them a whack will get them going temporarily. Those intermittent spark ignitions are generally pretty damn reliable, but they will fail eventually like anything else. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
Huh, that sounds more like a sticky gas valve, sometimes they won't open and giving them a whack will get them going temporarily. Those intermittent spark ignitions are generally pretty damn reliable, but they will fail eventually like anything else.
Maybe it was, I’m just guessing because like I said it was 20 years ago. I have a two stage furnace now that’s 5 years old and I do yearly maintenance on it because the parts are usually a zillion dollars to replace. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 2112:
Maybe it was, I’m just guessing because like I said it was 20 years ago. I have a two stage furnace now that’s 5 years old and I do yearly maintenance on it because the parts are usually a zillion dollars to replace.
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
Yeah not bad. Biked 30 miles yesterday. the northern CA rains brought the grassy hills back and it's what I call "Ireland time" out here. 65 degrees.
Originally Posted by 2112:
I don’t have any issues with it. And the one I had before lasted 30 years.
And Jesus Christ why didn’t you tell me this before?
It's kind of a joke, mostly because they use brand-specific parts, many which are only available from a Carrier parts supplier, and how much they cost. They're actually really good systems, one apt complex I worked at was half Rheem and other half had Carriers and the Carriers were far less troublesome. I would consider one if I ever had to replace mine. [Reply]
This is what is pissing me off about my house. Just under 5 years old and they put in cheap ass windows in Minnesota.
We try to keep the humidity high because my kid gets nosebleeds. And it makes the house feel warmer. I should not have to plastic wrap new windows [Reply]
My weather station recorded a -37 degree wind chill reading overnight. It's supposed to get to -24 here tonight but the wind is supposed to die out. Then -23 tomorrow night.
Hopefully my two maples that have only been in the ground a year and a half survive. [Reply]
