Cranky pilot tube in gas furnace

Posted by Stormin Mormon on March 11, 2009, 10:46 pm

See? It's started already. The natives are restless. Here is
a typical Usenet poster: http://tinyurl.com/dxz2sl which
looks a heck of a lot like me when I wake up.

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>Thoughts?
>JR

Thoughts? Yup I have one. Fuck off.

Posted by JR North on March 12, 2009, 5:20 pm

Thanks. Now we know why girls won't talk to you.
JR

The King wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:56:27 -0800, JR North
>
>

>>Have an ancient NG fired forced air furnace. Everything is fine, until I
>>forget to pay my gas bThanks. Now we know why girls won't nd it's temoporarily

shut off. Relighting

>>the pilot is BITCH. It has a Honeywell Pilotstat valve, and a push
>>button boost on the pilot tube. You have to hold the button gown on the
>>Pilotstat, and push the boost button to light. The tube has a line of
>>ports along it's length, which I assume should zip the flame from a
>>match touched to the first one, into the burner to light the pilot. It
>>refuses to do it. Just the first 4-5 holes light. I took the feed pipe
>>off and blew the pilot tube out with compressed air, to no avail.
>>Thoughts?
>>JR

>
>
> Thoughts? Yup I have one. Fuck off.

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Posted by Noon-Air on March 12, 2009, 6:56 pm

> Have an ancient NG fired forced air furnace. Everything is fine, until I
> forget to pay my gas bill, and it's temoporarily shut off. Relighting the
> pilot is BITCH. It has a Honeywell Pilotstat valve, and a push button
> boost on the pilot tube. You have to hold the button gown on the
> Pilotstat, and push the boost button to light. The tube has a line of
> ports along it's length, which I assume should zip the flame from a match
> touched to the first one, into the burner to light the pilot. It refuses
> to do it. Just the first 4-5 holes light. I took the feed pipe off and
> blew the pilot tube out with compressed air, to no avail.
> Thoughts?
> JR

Any residential furnace that still has a standing pilot is most likely long
past due for replacement. The new ones don't have a pilot.. the are either
spark or hot surface ignition.

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