Originally Posted by Bwana:
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.
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]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
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.
Really? I generally just use the end of the flathead screwdriver I used to remove it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
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.
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
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.
Holy shit I am glad I was home today. My air-air heat pump just tried running for the first time in like 3 weeks. It sits outside my shop door and when it started it sounded like a lawn mower was running outside. It was shaking like that Boeing engine. I quick shut it off and found that ice had built up on two of the blades and the fan was spinning out of balance. I'm not sure it would have survived if it didn't try to start until tomorrow when nobody was home. [Reply]
