Furnace Wont Stop Heating

Posted by B-Hate-Me on August 29, 2008, 5:35 am

> Call some local (to you) heating and AC service companies. Sounds like
> you've got some electrical problems. I had a couple friends of mine had
> much
> the same problem. By the time I found out about it (at the house one day
> and
> it seemed a bit warm) they had replaced the thermostat four times.

Were you suprised that your 'friends' didn't ask you about this before?

No one here is......

> I am not
> joking about replacing the thermostat. I did some troubleshooting, and it
> turned out to be a bad electrical part at the furnace.

(Stormy at supply house) "Hey, gimme one of them there electricical parts".

Posted by on August 29, 2008, 6:19 am

wrote:

>> Call some local (to you) heating and AC service companies. Sounds like
>> you've got some electrical problems. I had a couple friends of mine had
>> much
>> the same problem. By the time I found out about it (at the house one day
>> and
>> it seemed a bit warm) they had replaced the thermostat four times.

>Were you suprised that your 'friends' didn't ask you about this before?

Why would they ? He already taught them everything he knows (
changing thermostats ).

>No one here is......

>> I am not
>> joking about replacing the thermostat. I did some troubleshooting, and it
>> turned out to be a bad electrical part at the furnace.

>(Stormy at supply house) "Hey, gimme one of them there electricical parts".

He's got a service call strategery !

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Posted by B-Hate-Me on August 30, 2008, 8:24 am

>>> I am not
>>> joking about replacing the thermostat. I did some troubleshooting, and
>>> it
>>> turned out to be a bad electrical part at the furnace.

>>(Stormy at supply house) "Hey, gimme one of them there electricical
>>parts".

> He's got a service call strategery !

You know, Stormy kinda reminds me of those rubber clowns
that were around when I was a kid. Remember them? They had
sand in the bottom and every time you punched them, they popped
back up for more......

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Posted by DIMwit on August 30, 2008, 11:06 am

>>>> I am not
>>>> joking about replacing the thermostat. I did some troubleshooting, and
>>>> it
>>>> turned out to be a bad electrical part at the furnace.
>>>(Stormy at supply house) "Hey, gimme one of them there electricical
>>>parts".

>> He's got a service call strategery !

> You know, Stormy kinda reminds me of those rubber clowns
> that were around when I was a kid. Remember them? They had
> sand in the bottom and every time you punched them, they popped
> back up for more......

yeah, those were called shmoos too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

> --
> SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY
> BRING A
> SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.
>

Posted by Petre on August 26, 2008, 2:42 pm

cory333@gmail.com wrote:

> At some point this summer my furnace has decided that it has something
> to prove. It is displaying this by not turning off...ever.
> It started randomly with apparently no changes being made at all. The
> thermostat was set to 60 F (it was about 75 F in the house at the
> time) and the furnace kicked on and would not stop until I turned the
> system to OFF at the thermostat. That worked for a while and then on a
> quite warm evening (about 80 in the house) the system turned on again
> and would not stop no matter what I did at the thermostat. I turned it
> on and turned the temp down as far as it would go, turned in back off,
> took of the control panel, put it back on and turned the system back
> to off. None of this made any difference at all. I did wait a few
> minutes to make sure the system had enough time to respond to my
> wishes. I ended up turning the gas off at the control valve just
> before the gas line goes into the furnace. The valve looks fairly new
> and I found an old one down there laying near the furnace.
> Also I pulled off the wires coming from the thermostat and the
> transformer to the control valve. I did this while the system was
> running and it turned off when I disconnected them and came back in
> immediately when I reconnected them.
>
> My thermostat is a Braeburn Model 2000 and the furnace is very old. It
> says "Day and Night" on it and the model is 105 HFA L.
>
> I have a call out to Braeburn to see if they can help with the issue.
>
> Any input/advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks from Whitefish
> Cory

I have always wondered who finally bought that Bargain system from Hell.
Call stormy, He and his gang will do a laying on of the hands. That also
means exorcising your wallet and squeeze toys for Stormie's crew during
the breaks. ;-p
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