I'm by KCI, where it's currently 1 degree and snowing. It hasn't been above 10 in a few days, low for tonight is -8 and tomorrow's forecast is -13. Hasn't been this cold in 30+ years! Fuck this shit!! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Heater just went out in my place. Sitting here at 63 degrees and dropping. I'm not frigging cold yet, but kinda chilly.
Most likely a dirty flame sensor. Shut off your furnace at the disconnect switch mounted on it, should look like a light switch, restart it and listen to the startup sequence. If you hear the burner fire up and then go out a few seconds later, that's what it is and it's an easy fix you can do yourself. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
Most likely a dirty flame sensor. Shut off your furnace at the disconnect switch mounted on it, should look like a light switch, restart it and listen to the startup sequence. If you hear the burner fire up and then go out a few seconds later, that's what it is and it's an easy fix you can do yourself.
It's the motor, she's kaput. Run to Lowe's incoming. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
Most likely a dirty flame sensor. Shut off your furnace at the disconnect switch mounted on it, should look like a light switch, restart it and listen to the startup sequence. If you hear the burner fire up and then go out a few seconds later, that's what it is and it's an easy fix you can do yourself.
This is something I do at the start of the cold season every year now, since I don't want to worry about it crapping out on a day like this. Take out the little 3" sensor rod and give it a good scraping. Furnace tech showed me how to do it the first time 18 years or so ago (the first time it quit working). Change the filter at the start of each month and doing that (also cleaning the furnace out occasionally) seems to have done the trick - never had any problems with my 20 year old furnace. Knock on wood.
Another thing I did that fucked up the furnace was putting in one of the expensive hyper-allogenic filters. Made the furnace quit working. The tech guy told me to use the cheapy $1 filters. Said the filter was for the benefit of the furnace, not me, and those expensive filters fuck up the air flow. [Reply]
Jesus thats not good if your in the midwest right now.
You dnt have a fireplace??
I wont ever be without a wood burning stove.
I never use mine anymore. But I always keep 48 hours worth of wood for it. Just in case power should go out [Reply]
My furnace fan went out a few years back.
Called Bugs. He told me. Turn it on and then go hand spin the squirrel cage. Your capacitor took a crap.
So you might try that trick Bowser [Reply]
Originally Posted by LiveSteam:
My furnace fan went out a few years back.
Called Bugs. He told me. Turn it on and then go hand spin the squirrel cage. Your capacitor took a crap.
So you might try that trick Bowser
That's what you try if the fan doesn't come on. The funny thing about that is it happens far more when the AC is in use than the heat. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
That's what you try if the fan doesn't come on. The funny thing about that is it happens far more when the AC is in use than the heat.
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
That's what you try if the fan doesn't come on. The funny thing about that is it happens far more when the AC is in use than the heat.
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. [Reply]
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]
