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run my oil forced air furnace once a month in the summer to keep the furnace from rusting clickclack 07-04-2006
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Posted by clickclack on July 4, 2006, 9:59 am
I'm new to owning a home. Someone told me that I have to run my oil
forced air furnace once a month in the summer to keep the furnace from
rusting. Is this true? I have a hard time accepting this as I'm trying
to cool the house off..why turn up the heat?


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Posted by m Ransley on July 4, 2006, 10:31 am
Running it one a month wont help. High basement humidity will rust
everything, you will notice your tools first, running it once a month
only dries it out for a few hours, if your humidity is to high get a
dehumidifier. But will it make it last longer, maybe not.


Posted by on July 4, 2006, 10:31 am
We had oil forever when I was a kid, and my ex and everyone in her
family has it still and I've never heard of that. I see from Google
you should replace your filter once a month in the winter.


Posted by Joseph Meehan on July 4, 2006, 10:40 am
clickclack wrote:
> I'm new to owning a home. Someone told me that I have to run my oil
> forced air furnace once a month in the summer to keep the furnace from
> rusting. Is this true? I have a hard time accepting this as I'm trying
> to cool the house off..why turn up the heat?

In short, the answer is NO. You are likely to increase any possible
problem not reduce it.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



Posted by Al Bundy on July 7, 2006, 12:09 am

> I'm new to owning a home. Someone told me that I have to run my oil
> forced air furnace once a month in the summer to keep the furnace from
> rusting. Is this true? I have a hard time accepting this as I'm trying
> to cool the house off..why turn up the heat?
>

Never heard of that.

Closest thing to that was running the car AC every 2-4 weeks in winter to
keep the seals lubed so they don't dry out. How true is that? Dunno for a
fact. Maybe another old wives tale.



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