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Posted by mm on January 18, 2007, 11:39 pm
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>> >My old furnace, I kept the temp low because I didn't have cash to pay
>> >for luxuries like heat, so that it came on seldom enough that it had
>> >trouble priming itself or getting oil to the burner or whatever before
>>
>> The same infrequency of starting would be the case if you had the
>> thermostat higher but it wasn't as cold out as it actually was.
>>
>> That doesn't mean you're not right about it having trouble pumping the
>> oil.
>>
>> >the ignition gave up trying which shut down the pump, so I had to go
>> >down and keep my finger on the little red button for a while, then it
>> >was good for the rest of the cold snap.
>>
>> A) Are we talking about a mechanical or electronic button/reset?
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>Probably electronic, although it was a slightly large button about the
>size of the eraser on the end of a pencil which had a distinctly loose
>and wiggly feel to it.
>> B) Isn't that symptom part of a different problem? I definitely
>> might be wrong about how it works, but I thought once you pushed the
>> reset button, the control energized the furnace for a certain time
>> period before it tripped again.
>>
>> So doesn't that mean there is something wrong with the reset function
>> that you have to hold the button down longer than a second?
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>Maybe. IIRC, the first time I tried it, just pushing the button once
>didn't make the furnace fire up, so my primitive half-frozen mind
>determined to hold the damn button down until the furnace fired up or
>blew up. Then I just stuck with what worked.
Well I don't at all know what the problem is, but I just wanted to
point these possibilities out.
>>
>> Or are you saying you held the button down for that entire time period
>> so you were still holding it when it was ready for a second reset?
>>
>> My oil furnace used to have trouble in the control box restarting.
>> Sometimes iirc I could feel the relay vibrating, and I looked into
>> replacing the relay, couldn't find a matching relay that would fit,
>> and eventually the thing settled down, and it's been fine for 5 years
>> or more now.
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