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Posted by Carolina Breeze HVAC on August 3, 2005, 3:52 am
>I just had a new Rheem furnace installed but it makes a humming noise like
>a florescent light with a bad ballast.
> The noise level is such that if you don't know about it, you may not
> notice, but once you are aware of it, it is audible whenever in the
> garage. This noise is there as soon as the furnace is powered up, whether
> it is actually heating or not.
>
> This is very annoying, it makes me think something is overloaded or there
> is a short circuit. But I wonder if I'm overreacting. The furnace works
> fine otherwise. I would like to do a poll before I call the heating
> company to complain because they may claim it is normal. My old furnace
> did not make any sound when powered up.
>
Have them come back and replace that POS transformer that is raising hell...
Thats all it is..nothings shorted....nothings overloaded...its those cheap
transformers they are using since Rheem got sold to the Japs..
ok...kiddin....its the same transformer as before...any unit can do this.
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