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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:06 PM
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Uh-oh. My furnace is having trouble igniting itself.
I have noticed this for a week or so now. I dare say this is bad news. :(
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:09 PM
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1. It seems as if the electronics have gone mental more than any physical problem
It will spark the igniter and then stop before it gets the gas on. So it will shut the gas off, spark the lighter again, stop sparking before the gas valve opens again, shut the gas off again, and tries again and again and again until finally it keeps sparking long enough to light the gas.

But when I just turned the hot water faucett, it ignited immediately. Wierd. :wtf:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:34 PM
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13. Depending How Old It Is
it could be electronic, or it could be something about your burner positioning, or as someone said, it could be something on your burner.

The water thing, can you replicate that? If not probably a coincidence. (but a wierd one)

:wtf:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:11 PM
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24. It's not quite 5 years old
It's intermittent. So far it hasn't actually failed to ignite totally.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 04:24 PM
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38. Sounds Like It Is Electronic
I had a 30 year old Lennox that we replaced last year, that old thing worked well right up until it quit working well.

But every year, the burners would get out of alignment slightly and they just had to be adjusted and then it would work fine. So maybe it didn't work well right up until it quit working, but it worked!
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:09 PM
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2. Hi Billy!
Uh-oh!

You better see if you can get that fixed, first thing Monday morning.

The gas company is the best place to start. They can see if anything
dangerous( don't mess with carbon monoxide!) is going on.


Good luck, Billy.
I hope it gets fixed ASAP.

:hug:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:16 PM
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27. Hi Kajsa!
I'll get it sorted. :hug:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:11 PM
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3. Awww Billy
:hug:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:13 PM
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4. It's like, why do I just know this is gonna cost me?
;)

:hug:
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:17 PM
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5. Actually, it may not.
I had something like this with my propane logs. The cost of someone coming out to look at it was included with my gas price. He just made some adjustmnets and blew the dust out of the sensitive areas, and didn't charge me.
BUT, I was home alone........:evilgrin:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:18 PM
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6. I don't think that'll work for me
;)
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:19 PM
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7. Eh, you never know....
...and besides, sometimes people are just nice.
Sometimes.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:29 PM
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10. I know how you feel
It could be something as simple as a bad relay or a dirty connection. I'm hoping it's simple and cheap.

:hug:



:loveya! !
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:31 PM
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11. It's probably just fluff on the electrode, right?
But last time I had it "serviced" I paid £100 for somebody to take the front off it and vaccuum it out.

That looks like good work if you can get it, thought I. :crazy:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:34 PM
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12. Wanna try it yourself?
you've got a vacuum. ;)


Nothing like the unknown to make you a wreck, especially when it comes to money.

:hug:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:24 PM
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8. let me know if you need some help keeping warm
:P

but yes, get it taken care of because CO poisoning is no fun
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:25 PM
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9. You'll be round with extra thick woolly jumpers
and big thick blankets, right? ;)

:hi:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:36 PM
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14. Oh, shit.
I'm sorry, Billy. That's awful. I hope you get your furance working again soon.

My mom lives in Central Illinois. They had a horrible storm a few days ago. She, along with thousands of other people, lost power because of the storm...including, naturally, the furance. It was 30 degrees as a high the past few days. Luckily (very luckily) the power to her house was restored yesterday. Others aren't so lucky.

I'll be thinking about them and about you. I hope you get the furnance working again. Now is NOT the time to be without heat.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 12:36 PM
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15. Thanks
It is working, just playing up a bit. The radiators are all warm right now. But thanks for your concern!
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Red State Rebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 01:23 PM
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16. What is it doing, exactly?
We have a heating and air business, hubby might be able to help you out.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 01:26 PM
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17. It's sometimes requiring several attempts to light the gas
in a nutshell.

It will spark the igniter but not for long enough, so it will give up and then try again. Sometimes is requires many attempts before it gets the gas lit.

It's a Euro-style "combi" boiler which does not heat a tank of hot water - the hot water to the faucetts is heated on demand. It also heats water for a set of radiators.
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Red State Rebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:33 PM
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35. Hubby says...
Could be a "grounding" issue - that there is not a good ground back to the control board.

Or...the spark gap is too far away for it to ignite.

If you have any other info or questions, let me know. He says he's leaning toward the grounding problem.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 04:26 PM
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39. Thanks
:)
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:05 PM
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18. I thought naughty things when I read this post.
:evilfrown:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:08 PM
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19. You...? You thought nasty things???
I'm stunned... :rofl: :hug:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:11 PM
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25. It's billyskank, who wouldn't think something naughty?
;)
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:10 PM
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22. Sorry to disappoint you
:P
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:12 PM
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26. Who said I was disappointed?
I have a VERY good imagination. :silly:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:23 PM
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29. Looks to me like you have a very silly imagination
:P
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:25 PM
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30. Yes, that's part of my charm.
:crazy:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:26 PM
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31. That and your legs
:rofl:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:27 PM
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32. I got to get people to like me somehow.
:silly:



:rofl:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:29 PM
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34. We liked you before we saw your legs
:hug:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:27 PM
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33. But Didn't You Think Naughty Things When You Didn't Read This Post Too?
just kidding, sort of


:pals:
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:33 PM
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36. Ok, I thought naughty things about the post(er)
:evilgrin:


:silly:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:09 PM
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20. Oh no...
I wish I was a furnace expert...but I'm not. The only trouble we have ever had is a spider building a web over the intake. Have you looked to see if something is blocking the valve?

:hug: :hug: :hug:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:10 PM
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23. MrsGEEEE!
:D

:bounce:

:loveya: :hug: :hi:
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:10 PM
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21. Call Nate the Neo.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2849970
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:18 PM
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28. I want a job like his
Or those people they have on the news and in the papers - "analysts" they call them. Doesn't matter whether they're doing politics, or economics, stock market, whatever, these people can basically say anything they like and it never matters whether they get everything wrong! How cool is that?
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-03-06 03:51 PM
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37. could be a bad thermocouple
replaced mine a couple weeks ago. six dollar part.
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