Furnace Running Better.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:54 am
Last year I had so much problem with my furnace hi limit running the furnace..This year before starting I wanted to pull the blower and vacuum it and the top of the plenum..During this I has a small mag lite to look in side..While I was sweeping I bumped the light anf it fell down in the front of the furnace..I said''Oh Lord that is probably the worse thing to happen..We'll I figured the only way to get the light was pull the burner and the front panel off..It turns out the light falls right out as I remove the panel carefully as to not damage the fiberglass gasket.
While there I fugure I might as well flip the shutters open that the AC blew closed..
Turns out for some reason with the close tolerances the shutters were bound and could not be opened so rather then pull the furnace I just removed the shutters..We''L I get her back and fire it up and the blower comes on and the air comes ripping out of the ducts..The burner keeps running for three minutes straight and the stat takes it off..Turns out those three baffles really were hindering the air flow.
I ended up thanking the Lord that what I though was bad with the flashlight falling helped me find a problem...Now I sorta see why the old furnace never had shutters in..
Any way now at the 30's and below it runs every 20 min..The burner runs for 3 min kicks off with stats set at 70 it get to 72 after the fan shuts down after 6 min...I feel much better the Hi limit isn't being used now..We just lost power 3 times from the icy trees/wires and it just came on again after 7.5 hrs..Thankful to have electric as some are still of...Looks like a wood stove purchase this year..
God Bless..Have a blessed Christmas..Kim
While there I fugure I might as well flip the shutters open that the AC blew closed..
Turns out for some reason with the close tolerances the shutters were bound and could not be opened so rather then pull the furnace I just removed the shutters..We''L I get her back and fire it up and the blower comes on and the air comes ripping out of the ducts..The burner keeps running for three minutes straight and the stat takes it off..Turns out those three baffles really were hindering the air flow.
I ended up thanking the Lord that what I though was bad with the flashlight falling helped me find a problem...Now I sorta see why the old furnace never had shutters in..
Any way now at the 30's and below it runs every 20 min..The burner runs for 3 min kicks off with stats set at 70 it get to 72 after the fan shuts down after 6 min...I feel much better the Hi limit isn't being used now..We just lost power 3 times from the icy trees/wires and it just came on again after 7.5 hrs..Thankful to have electric as some are still of...Looks like a wood stove purchase this year..
God Bless..Have a blessed Christmas..Kim