Trane furnace doesn't light

Posted by Zyp on December 3, 2008, 3:57 pm

Tom in PA wrote:

> Hi!
> I've got a 10 year old Trane XE 80 furnace that I'm having some
> problems with. I turn it down at night, back up in the AM. Sometimes
> in the AM it will blow cold air. I'll go check it and the blower will
> be running but no flame and the furnace itself feels cold. I'll flip
> the power switch off and on. Sometimes that gets it going (lots of
> nice blue flame, lots of heat), other times I'll see some red glowing
> thingies (ignitors?) inside then I'll hear the gas come on but it
> doesn't ignite the gas.
> So.... are there any fairly obvious parts/service that I could try
> myself before just biting the bullet and calling in a furnace guy?
> Suggestions?
> Thanks in advance. Tom in PA

So;

It is possible to 'STOP A TRANE'.

--
Zyp

Posted by Bubba on December 3, 2008, 5:38 pm

>Tom in PA wrote:

>> Hi!
>> I've got a 10 year old Trane XE 80 furnace that I'm having some
>> problems with. I turn it down at night, back up in the AM. Sometimes
>> in the AM it will blow cold air. I'll go check it and the blower will
>> be running but no flame and the furnace itself feels cold. I'll flip
>> the power switch off and on. Sometimes that gets it going (lots of
>> nice blue flame, lots of heat), other times I'll see some red glowing
>> thingies (ignitors?) inside then I'll hear the gas come on but it
>> doesn't ignite the gas.
>> So.... are there any fairly obvious parts/service that I could try
>> myself before just biting the bullet and calling in a furnace guy?
>> Suggestions?
>> Thanks in advance. Tom in PA

>So;
>It is possible to 'STOP A TRANE'.

Poor Poor "Snowball".
Bubba

Posted by Stormin Mormon on December 3, 2008, 7:18 pm

That was easy!

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Christopher A. Young
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So;

It is possible to 'STOP A TRANE'.

--
Zyp

Posted by on December 4, 2008, 11:35 am

>Tom in PA wrote:

>So;
>It is possible to 'STOP A TRANE'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m26zeSMn7WU

I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on December 3, 2008, 7:21 pm

The trick is to watch it through a couple heat cycles, and see what it's
doing. At this point, it sounds like a possible stress fracture in the
electrothermal process actuator.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

Hi!

I've got a 10 year old Trane XE 80 furnace that I'm having some
problems with. I turn it down at night, back up in the AM. Sometimes
in the AM it will blow cold air. I'll go check it and the blower will
be running but no flame and the furnace itself feels cold. I'll flip
the power switch off and on. Sometimes that gets it going (lots of
nice blue flame, lots of heat), other times I'll see some red glowing
thingies (ignitors?) inside then I'll hear the gas come on but it
doesn't ignite the gas.

So.... are there any fairly obvious parts/service that I could try
myself before just biting the bullet and calling in a furnace guy?
Suggestions?

Thanks in advance. Tom in PA

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