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House not staying warm at night sblanky 02-10-2007
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Posted by on February 10, 2007, 9:31 am
I have a 10 year old furnace and thermostat (sears programmable
digital thermostat). Recently, on some nights, the furnace doesn't
seem to be kicking on enough, and we wake up to the house being 10
degrees colder than it should be. We'll have the thermostat set at 73,
and the house will be 63... and the furnace won't be on...

Usually, at some point in the morning, it kicks on. Or, sometimes i go
downstairs and power off the entire furnace (there's a switch by the
furnace) for one minute, then turn it back on, and it's starts warming
the house.

At first I was concerned that the programmable features of the
thermostat was screwing up, so I set it on a constant temperature. But
that didn't seem to make a difference. It doesn't do this every
night... but more nights than not now.

It's cold here at night (single digits farenheit), but it's not an
unprecedented cold. The furnace has never had this problem before.

My questions:
* Should I start with assuming the thermostat is bad? I can replace
that myself (I'm comfortable with following wiring schematics, etc...)
and that would be cheaper than a service call.

* Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before?


Posted by on February 10, 2007, 9:51 am
On 10 Feb 2007 06:31:13 -0800, sblanky@gmail.com wrote:

>I have a 10 year old furnace and thermostat (sears programmable
>digital thermostat). Recently, on some nights, the furnace doesn't
>seem to be kicking on enough, and we wake up to the house being 10
>degrees colder than it should be. We'll have the thermostat set at 73,
>and the house will be 63... and the furnace won't be on...
>
>Usually, at some point in the morning, it kicks on. Or, sometimes i go
>downstairs and power off the entire furnace (there's a switch by the
>furnace) for one minute, then turn it back on, and it's starts warming
>the house.
>
>At first I was concerned that the programmable features of the
>thermostat was screwing up, so I set it on a constant temperature. But
>that didn't seem to make a difference. It doesn't do this every
>night... but more nights than not now.
>
>It's cold here at night (single digits farenheit), but it's not an
>unprecedented cold. The furnace has never had this problem before.
>
>My questions:
>* Should I start with assuming the thermostat is bad? I can replace
>that myself (I'm comfortable with following wiring schematics, etc...)
>and that would be cheaper than a service call.

        Sure, go ahead.


>
>* Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before?

        Yep.


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Posted by Louis Geoffroy on February 10, 2007, 11:09 am
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:51:56 -0500, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com
wrote:

>On 10 Feb 2007 06:31:13 -0800, sblanky@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>I have a 10 year old furnace and thermostat (sears programmable
>>digital thermostat). Recently, on some nights, the furnace doesn't
>>seem to be kicking on enough, and we wake up to the house being 10
>>degrees colder than it should be. We'll have the thermostat set at 73,
>>and the house will be 63... and the furnace won't be on...
>>
>>Usually, at some point in the morning, it kicks on. Or, sometimes i go
>>downstairs and power off the entire furnace (there's a switch by the
>>furnace) for one minute, then turn it back on, and it's starts warming
>>the house.
>>
>>At first I was concerned that the programmable features of the
>>thermostat was screwing up, so I set it on a constant temperature. But
>>that didn't seem to make a difference. It doesn't do this every
>>night... but more nights than not now.
>>
>>It's cold here at night (single digits farenheit), but it's not an
>>unprecedented cold. The furnace has never had this problem before.
>>
>>My questions:
>>* Should I start with assuming the thermostat is bad? I can replace
>>that myself (I'm comfortable with following wiring schematics, etc...)
>>and that would be cheaper than a service call.
>
>        Sure, go ahead.
>
>
>>
>>* Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before?
>
>        Yep.

        Hi,
        Same programmable thermostat use battery in them to work,
        The battery can go bad, verify this before changing anything.

Posted by RodKneeDYoung on February 10, 2007, 2:03 pm
Yet again Paul wastes our time with bullshit responses
Drop dead Paul!













On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:51:56 -0500, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:

>On 10 Feb 2007 06:31:13 -0800, sblanky@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>I have a 10 year old furnace and thermostat (sears programmable
>>digital thermostat). Recently, on some nights, the furnace doesn't
>>seem to be kicking on enough, and we wake up to the house being 10
>>degrees colder than it should be. We'll have the thermostat set at 73,
>>and the house will be 63... and the furnace won't be on...
>>
>>Usually, at some point in the morning, it kicks on. Or, sometimes i go
>>downstairs and power off the entire furnace (there's a switch by the
>>furnace) for one minute, then turn it back on, and it's starts warming
>>the house.
>>
>>At first I was concerned that the programmable features of the
>>thermostat was screwing up, so I set it on a constant temperature. But
>>that didn't seem to make a difference. It doesn't do this every
>>night... but more nights than not now.
>>
>>It's cold here at night (single digits farenheit), but it's not an
>>unprecedented cold. The furnace has never had this problem before.
>>
>>My questions:
>>* Should I start with assuming the thermostat is bad? I can replace
>>that myself (I'm comfortable with following wiring schematics, etc...)
>>and that would be cheaper than a service call.
>
>        Sure, go ahead.
>
>
>>
>>* Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before?
>
>        Yep.


Posted by Geoman on February 15, 2007, 7:48 pm

> On 10 Feb 2007 06:31:13 -0800, sblanky@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>I have a 10 year old furnace and thermostat (sears programmable
>>digital thermostat). Recently, on some nights, the furnace doesn't
>>seem to be kicking on enough, and we wake up to the house being 10
>>degrees colder than it should be. We'll have the thermostat set at 73,
>>and the house will be 63... and the furnace won't be on...
>>
>>Usually, at some point in the morning, it kicks on. Or, sometimes i go
>>downstairs and power off the entire furnace (there's a switch by the
>>furnace) for one minute, then turn it back on, and it's starts warming
>>the house.
>>
>>At first I was concerned that the programmable features of the
>>thermostat was screwing up, so I set it on a constant temperature. But
>>that didn't seem to make a difference. It doesn't do this every
>>night... but more nights than not now.
>>
>>It's cold here at night (single digits farenheit), but it's not an
>>unprecedented cold. The furnace has never had this problem before.
>>
>>My questions:
>>* Should I start with assuming the thermostat is bad? I can replace
>>that myself (I'm comfortable with following wiring schematics, etc...)
>>and that would be cheaper than a service call.
>
> Sure, go ahead.
>
>
>>
>>* Has anyone experienced this kind of problem before?
>
> Yep.
>
>
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>
> Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me
> 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.'
> 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
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> Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/

Me too, Paul, I've experienced this as well! :-)

Anybody else experience this???




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