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Posted by Zyp on October 14, 2007, 9:40 pm
Mike Cahill wrote:
> FYI
>
> Clare Bros furnaces were manufactured in Cambridge Ontario Canada,
> from approx 1854 until around 1990 when they were taken over by
> Dettson.
>
> Ted Clare designed one of the first Hi-Eff furnaces in Canada.
> Ted Clare was a very close friend of mine and he passed away this past
> September.
>
> If Ted were still working, and had read about this guy's problem he
> would have driven to this guy's house and fixed the problem himself.
> That is the kind of person he was.
>
> He WAS NOT a smug, self-important, going no where service tech witha
> smart mouth.
>
> Alt.hvac continues to be a very poor reflection of the state of the
> HVACR industry.
>
> Mike Cahill
>
>
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>> I know nothing about how the furnace or heating work in general, but
>>> I
>>> will try to explain my problem and I hope someone will be able to
>>> help
>>> me out.
>>>
>>>
>>> So here we go... I turned on the heating this morning, set it to
>>> like 25 degrees celsia, while outside was like 5 above zero and our
>>> gas Furnace (maker: Clare) seemed to go on, but after a little
>>> while I realized it is blowing only a cold air.
>>
>> We got some fucking problems right off the bat.
>>
>> 1) Celsia (sic) is a gay way of saying Celsius, which is a gay
>> way of measuring temperature.
>>
>> 2) A "Clare" furnace? Way fucking gay.
>>
>>
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>> So I went to basement and
>>> checked the furnace pilot. It was on and burning.
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought maybe furnace needs to be reset, so I turned off furnace
>>> power switch, waited couple minutes, then turned it back on, but
>>> it's a same problem. Pilot is on, but that coil in the furnace
>>> where gas goes to burn never fires up.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyhow, so I checked our air filters and there was a lot of dust on
>>> it... and I mean a lot... so I cleaned it properly, put it back, but
>>> when I turned air filter box on, that little led light doesn't light
>>> up and I can't recall if it did before or not. But before I could
>>> always hear like little sparks from this air filter and now it seems
>>> completely dead.
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder if the air filter and the fact that it might be damaged
>>> could
>>> somehow affect the furnace itself.
>>>
>>>
>>> Please tell me what else I can try. I am no longer sure what is
>>> going on. Not sure if I should call a furnace repair man, or
>>> electrician or if there is anything else I can try.
>>>
>>>
>>> Joe
That's nice Mike, but today is not like yesterday [unfortunately]. People
will take what ever they can get for as cheap as they can get it. And then,
complain about it. Either costs too much, wasn't a well made piece and not
worth what they paid.
There still are HVAC Tech's all over the world who appreciate those
customers who respect and appreciate them. And are willing to go the
extra mile to for a appreciative customer.
Not many would crawl into a hot miserable attic to fix somthing they didn't
originally install and listen to complaints about how they're being ripped.
I can appreciate "old school" but today's a different kinda world with a
different kinda people.
--
Zyp
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