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Posted by John Grabowski on December 30, 2007, 10:10 am
> first problem...
>
> got home from xmas road trip last night. furnace was not working and
> house was a chilly 48 degrees inside (thermostat was set to 57 while I
> was away.) Fortunately I'd drained all the plumbing just in case it got
> really cold and something bad happened, and also it never got seriously
> below freezing while I was away. I ASSumed that the ignitor had gone
> Tango Uniform again but I simply power cycled the furnace and it fired
> right up and has run through several cycles. I can only assume that it
> failed to ignite at some point while I was away and the thermocouple
> shut it down. I've had the water heater go out a couple times, but only
> a couple, over the past year. Never often enough to consider it a
> problem and call in a repairman. I'm starting to wonder if there's an
> issue with the gas service (water?) but I had the water heater shut off
> while I was away so I couldn't see if the pilot on the heater had blown
> out as well. Any ideas? I can deal with relighting the water heater
> every couple months but not so much with the furnace shutting off while
> I'm away.
>
> Second problem is I'd like to strap up some pipes but have been
> completely unable to find copper roofing-type nails, which is what I
> assume I want. Only source of copper nails at all that I've been able
> to find is McMaster-Carr, but they only sell common nails and small
> tacks. Is that all that is currently available? I actually stopped at
> the hardware store that has the best selection of various fasteners that
> I've ever seen while I was on vacation and couldn't find any copper
> nails there.
I threw out (Actually recycled) a bunch of copper nails I got from my
grandfather many years ago. I used brass wood screws for strapping some
water pipes.
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