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Posted by daytona° on December 15, 2006, 11:27 pm
SILICON NITRIDE IGNITORS....very rarely go bad ( that was the idea of them)
80 volt....if I have replaced more than a dozen in 4 years, I would
exaggerating
And the guy raped you.......he must be a thief without a mask
Did he kiss you also...because you got screwed and didn't even get kissed
>I have a Trane XR90 Condensing Furnace that was installed in a newly
> constructed house in mid-2003. The ignitor (or "igniter, depending on
> who is spelling) has been a constant problem. I've had it replaced it
> once year. The first two times were blamed on gas supply being
> interruptions and the ignitor gettting heated up and cooling down
> repteadly. This time there has been no supply interruption. The ignitor
> is just "bad". I get no satisfactory explanation for this, especially
> when this type of ignitor (silicon nitride) is supposed to last for
> years.
>
> To compound the aggrevation, this time the part is out of stock. So
> while I wait in the chill air of my den for Monday to roll around, I
> started surfing the web to see how hard the part (Trane's part number
> IGN00117) is to find and how much it costs. Last year I was charged
> $336 for the part and $99 for installation. It appears to me that the
> price for the part was grossly overstated. But before I go all
> ballistic on some hard working service tech, I'd like to know if I am
> right.
>
> Anyone with any thoughts ??
>
> Martin
> Millers Island, Maryland
>
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