lennox g43uf drain & failure issue

Posted by pastorray on February 5, 2009, 8:49 pm

I have a 2 year old Lennox in a new house. This is our second winter.
When the temp outside stays in the 20's, the heat fails. It also cause a
spillage issue into the sheetrock. When I called the installer he said
that the "90 percent units will fail when it gets too cold". What is the
condensation issue? It doesn't seem logical to me that a heat unit fails
because it is too cold outside. Can someone give me some technical
direction.
R.W.
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Posted by Steve on February 5, 2009, 9:17 pm

>I have a 2 year old Lennox in a new house. This is our second winter.
> When the temp outside stays in the 20's, the heat fails. It also cause a
> spillage issue into the sheetrock. When I called the installer he said
> that the "90 percent units will fail when it gets too cold". What is the
> condensation issue? It doesn't seem logical to me that a heat unit fails
> because it is too cold outside. Can someone give me some technical
> direction.
> R.W.

Call a pro, not just the lowest bidder thats just guessing.

Posted by Bipolar Bear on February 6, 2009, 1:25 am

> >I have a 2 year old Lennox in a new house. This is our second winter.
> > When the temp outside stays in the 20's, the heat fails. It also cause

> > spillage issue into the sheetrock. When I called the installer he said
> > that the "90 percent units will fail when it gets too cold". What is

the

> > condensation issue? It doesn't seem logical to me that a heat unit

fails

> > because it is too cold outside. Can someone give me some technical
> > direction.
> > R.W.

> Call a pro, not just the lowest bidder thats just guessing.

Just guessing okay then well I see--for fun, might as well I stick around to
see what the stumped moron has to say.....

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Posted by HVAC on February 6, 2009, 7:15 am

>I have a 2 year old Lennox in a new house. This is our second winter.
> When the temp outside stays in the 20's, the heat fails. It also cause a
> spillage issue into the sheetrock.

So your question is why does it leak when it's cold out?
It's not very clear.
Here's a weird thought... Maybe the drain is FREEZING?

When I called the installer he said

> that the "90 percent units will fail when it gets too cold". What is the
> condensation issue? It doesn't seem logical to me that a heat unit fails
> because it is too cold outside. Can someone give me some technical
> direction.
> R.W.

Posted by Bubba on February 6, 2009, 9:04 am

On 06 Feb 2009 01:49:06 GMT, pastorwarren_at_bellsouth_dot_net@foo.com
(pastorray) wrote:

>I have a 2 year old Lennox in a new house. This is our second winter.
>When the temp outside stays in the 20's, the heat fails. It also cause a
>spillage issue into the sheetrock. When I called the installer he said
>that the "90 percent units will fail when it gets too cold". What is the
>condensation issue? It doesn't seem logical to me that a heat unit fails
>because it is too cold outside. Can someone give me some technical
>direction.
>R.W.
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Logically, what you should do is call the installer back, thank him
for his line of shit and inform him that due to his improper install
and lack of basic knowledge, you will be sending him the repair bill
from a competent company that will fix his fuquer ups.
Bubba

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