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Posted by Noon-Air on October 16, 2007, 8:48 am
>> 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
>>
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>>
>> > > 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.
>>
>> > 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- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> I haven't seen any one get any real help here. I wonder if that unit
> has an air switch? If it doesn't sense the blowersending air over the
> heat exchanger it won't fire.
I wonder if you have a clue
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