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Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on December 4, 2008, 9:41 pm
Tom in PA posted for all of us...
> 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
>
Yor welcome, get a couple of salamanders to keep the furnace warm it night.
There is your answer; it cold and lonely by itself! It will learn by example.
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Tekkie Don't bother to thank me, I do this as a public service.
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>
> 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
>