Any gas furnace techs?

[Bose]

The furnace keeps shutting off. It has to be reset by the main power switch. I cleaned the probe and ran a new thermostat wire with no luck. Any advice what else it may be.

 

[420God]

Dirty pilot tip maybe.

 

[420God]

If the exhaust tube gets blocked by snow or an animal and it will snub it out too.

 

[Bose]

Dirty pilot tip maybe.

It has an electric ignitor which was cleaned. The furnace is three years old

 

[Bose]

If the exhaust tube gets blocked by snow or an animal and it will snub it out too.

That's what I was just reading

 

[chuck estevez]

It has an electric ignitor which was cleaned. The furnace is three years old

clean the filter

 

[Bose]

I just fixed my furnace and it kept turning off and on as well. I have never seen this suggested online yet and had to find this out myself. it turned out the tube that the condensation water comes out of was frozen and blocked all the way back in the system. I had to open up the release valve near where the hose connects to the furnace to let out the backed up water and it worked perfectly after. Currently working on thawing out the ice in the tube and then I'm going to add a insulation sleeve to it to avoid this situation in the future.

I found this as well.

 

[Bose]

clean the filter

Filter is new

 

[6ohMax]

Check the the high limit switch

I cleaned air ducts and that is a main issue

It's a device that cuts out if it gets too hot or the flame touches the probes

 

[undercoverfbi]

Make sure your inducer fan is properly purging, if not it may cause the signal to halt process cuz otherwise youll be spewing gas into the system

Source: Me, almost 2 years of HVAC cleaning and minor servicing

 

[6ohMax]

Oh it looks as if we are the same people



It's ok....different ip hehe


Isn't that right UCFBI

Btw..Ima do dem steps today

 

[Bose]

Make sure your inducer fan is properly purging, if not it may cause the signal to halt process cuz otherwise youll be spewing gas into the system

Source: Me, almost 2 years of HVAC cleaning and minor servicing

Thanks for the info I will be checking these things out. I appreciate all the responses

 

[Bose]

Check the the high limit switch

I cleaned air ducts and that is a main issue

It's a device that cuts out if it gets too hot or the flame touches the probes

Thanks.

 

[6ohMax]

Cool man, let us know what the issue was.

 

[srh88]

I just fixed my furnace and it kept turning off and on as well. I have never seen this suggested online yet and had to find this out myself. it turned out the tube that the condensation water comes out of was frozen and blocked all the way back in the system. I had to open up the release valve near where the hose connects to the furnace to let out the backed up water and it worked perfectly after. Currently working on thawing out the ice in the tube and then I'm going to add a insulation sleeve to it to avoid this situation in the future.

I found this as well.

the release valve is called a zone valve... might need to replace it, they go bad sometimes. i work on a lot of boilers, if you are handy enough id change em out... all you need is the valve and a torch and flux and solder.. if you got a little wiggle room on the pipe to connect it... if not cut a couple more inches off the pipe and add a coupling and some more pipe.. then put flux on the fitting and zone valve and pop the zone valve in and solder it all together... if its only frozen, look for leaks, if you got none and the zone stays open youre good to go. if the zone keeps shutting off pop a new valve in.
you need this..

http://www.supplyhouse.com/Taco-571-2-3-4-571-Sweat-Zone-Valve?gclid=CLfQ_4TfqssCFdGQHwod_WsLPw
its a little pricey, but if you can do it yourself youre good to go.. if not.. a plumber is going to rock you.
being residential im guessing its 3/4" .. but ya never know, if you order make sure you order it the size right.. its the size of the copper its on... if you call someone out id order the shit anyway.. plumbers mark up material and labor is pretty pricy, if you called me out that valve would be about 150 and then 95 an hour labor, and im extremely cheap for a licensed/insured plumber.. hope this helps.. also if you do pick up the zone valves.. go with Taco (pronounced tacko).. dont get some shitty knockoff thatll break a few months later

 

[Bose]

@srh88@60hMax@undercoverfbi@chuckestevez
Hello all, the furnace was overheating tripping the high limited switch. I cleaned the duck out. And realized a vent was closed on the duck in the back of furnace. I opened that up as well. Haven't had any issues since. I just want to say thanks for your all your help I appreciate it

 

[6ohMax]

@srh88@60hMax@undercoverfbi@chuckestevez
Hello all, the furnace was overheating tripping the high limited switch. I cleaned the duck out. And realized a vent was closed on the duck in the back of furnace. I opened that up as well. Haven't had any issues since. I just want to say thanks for your all your help I appreciate it

Good to hear , glad you got it fixed.

Did you replace the high limit switch yourself?

A normal routine cleaning of of your furnace and air ducts should be done every 3 to 5 yrs.

 

[Bose]

Good to hear , glad you got it fixed.

Did you replace the high limit switch yourself?

A normal routine cleaning of of your furnace and air ducts should be done every 3 to 5 yrs.

Yes I did. I gave it a good cleaning today also. Man you all saved me money.

 

[undercoverfbi]

6 O'Max(iumum fucking power in your god damn face)

is a fellow who might not hold high level tech degrees

but

is probably more fucking knowledgeable and wiser in the common sense shit when it comes to basic furnace maintenance and minor servicing

instead of

some Joe's on this forum who copy and paste shit off of Google, maybe reword shit, in order to spew something out of their arse

 

[Bose]

I think tracking down the problem is at times more difficult than fixing it.