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Furnace maintenance bigjcw1023 09-07-2007
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on September 9, 2007, 10:24 am
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:49:16 -0400, ds...@webtv.net wrote:
> > vacume any dirt/dust off the burners , vacume dust off pilot light
> >area. change air filter , clean blower fins if dirty . dont let a hvac
> >guy charge you 100.00 for doing that. its easy. they will say you need a
> >whole new furnace regarless of what you want done. see, hvac guys dont
> >want to fix anything anymore,just replace the whole furnace.
>
> >http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm
>
> Mine is 30 years old and still looks as good as new because I clean
> the insides and outsides regularly. Had the gas company check the
> heat exchanger tubes two years ago and they're OK.
>
> I took out the attached humidifier years ago because of window
> condensation. It also had too much lime buildup on the water tray and
> sponge element. A replacement sponge is ridiculously expensive.
> Worse, the humidifier was fungal culture heaven. The sponge element
> and water tray always felt slimey. It would have received fungal
> spores, pollen and airborne particulates from the fresh air intake.
> There's food and warm water to promote fungal growth. Imagine the
> spores that get circulated. Respiratory distress. Or that regular
> winter flu season. I haven't had recurrent winter flu for some years
> now.

living in too dry a environment can lead to other health troubles.
with 1% humidity common in a clod climate with heating it can make you
vulnerable to bugs.



Posted by on September 9, 2007, 10:42 am
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:49:16 -0400, ds...@webtv.net wrote:
> > > vacume any dirt/dust off the burners , vacume dust off pilot light
> > >area. change air filter , clean blower fins if dirty . dont let a hvac
> > >guy charge you 100.00 for doing that. its easy. they will say you need a
> > >whole new furnace regarless of what you want done. see, hvac guys dont
> > >want to fix anything anymore,just replace the whole furnace.
>
> > >http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm
>
> > Mine is 30 years old and still looks as good as new because I clean
> > the insides and outsides regularly. Had the gas company check the
> > heat exchanger tubes two years ago and they're OK.
>
> > I took out the attached humidifier years ago because of window
> > condensation. It also had too much lime buildup on the water tray and
> > sponge element. A replacement sponge is ridiculously expensive.
> > Worse, the humidifier was fungal culture heaven. The sponge element
> > and water tray always felt slimey. It would have received fungal
> > spores, pollen and airborne particulates from the fresh air intake.
> > There's food and warm water to promote fungal growth. Imagine the
> > spores that get circulated. Respiratory distress. Or that regular
> > winter flu season. I haven't had recurrent winter flu for some years
> > now.
>
> living in too dry a environment can lead to other health troubles.
> with 1% humidity common in a clod climate with heating it can make you
> vulnerable to bugs.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Also there are some super humidifiers available that eliminate the old
water tray and sponge. Aprilaire being one. They use a solid media,
more like a thick screen material that fresh water trickles over from
top to bottom with air moving through it, and the small amount of
remaining water exits and drains out. When it shuts off, the
residual heat quickly dries off the remaining water.


Posted by PaPaPeng on September 9, 2007, 11:47 am
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:24:02 -0700, "hallerb@aol.com"

>
>living in too dry a environment can lead to other health troubles.
>with 1% humidity common in a clod climate with heating it can make you
>vulnerable to bugs.
>


I have a lot of house plants. If they thrive I thrive. I have a 30
year old philodendron that has four daughter potted plants. Among
other plants my pride and joy is a a cedar plank wall full of
climbing ivy that thrives on just watering. The last time I added
fertilizer it burned - killed the plant. They need watering only
twice a week. I feel comfortable indoors and outdoors and the ambient
humidity in both atmospheres is very agreeable to me. Alberta air is
quite dry, the body rarely gets sticky with sweat. The plants outside
get enough moisture to stay green without watering. We had great
summer where temperatures rarely went above the mid 20s celsius.

Posted by Moe Jones on September 8, 2007, 3:30 pm
bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote:
> I need detailed instructions for cleaning and maintaining my furnace.
> It is a 25 year old giesel and still runs good, and I want to keep it
> that way.

Just pay to have a HVAC technician come out to check the furnace to make
sure it is in good working condition and it's safe then have him tell you
what you as the home owner can do to maintain the furnace.

--
Moe Jones
HVAC Service Technician
Energy Equalizers Inc.
Houston, Texas
www.EnergyEqualizers.com



Posted by clifto on September 10, 2007, 12:47 pm
Moe Jones wrote:
> bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote:
>> I need detailed instructions for cleaning and maintaining my furnace.
>> It is a 25 year old giesel and still runs good, and I want to keep it
>> that way.
>
> Just pay to have a HVAC technician come out to check the furnace to make
> sure it is in good working condition and it's safe then have him tell you
> what you as the home owner can do to maintain the furnace.

Shortly after I moved into this house, I found there was a factory recall
on my furnace, or more correctly the factory wanted to do a modification
to prevent something bad from happening. I called the factory and asked
them if they knew anything about the people who installed it, whose tag
was on the furnace, and the factory spoke highly of the dealer. So I
called the dealer and arranged a service call.

Now, the recall involved paying the dealer their usual service-call fee,
PLUS an extra $25, PLUS giving them free parts. So I figured this was a
fairly good deal for them. Apparently they didn't think so, because
two months later I was calling them again to find out why I hadn't been
called and scheduled for a visit. So they got off their lead asses and
scheduled something for a few months down the road.

When they finally came, the guy disassembled a lot of stuff, said he
replaced the parts, and broke a safety interlock microswitch. He wired
across the switch and said he'd schedule a service call to replace it.

It's been four years now, and they haven't bothered. If you think I'm
going to let them touch anything inside this house ever again, you're
wrong.

So tell me again how I'm going to call a factory-recommended professional
to come out, tell me my furnace is ten years old and needs to be replaced
for five times his cost, and then tweak a few things for the worse when
I tell him I want a second opinion.

--
If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.

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