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Posted by on October 16, 2007, 11:34 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > > 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 -
> >
> > - 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.
Are you Stormy's long lost brother???
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