I had something like this happening to me on a heat pump unit. The furnace is a 100K unit and the ignitor was going crazy and there was a humming or deep buzzing with it. It took getting about $200 of parts replaced. Also they said that the gas pressure was low. Turns out the oven repairman didn't turn the supply back up. Good luck.
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, R & S Enterprises wrote: > Just a thought or two. It almost sounds like you have a standing pilot with > a relight system. Funny downdrafts or such can blow out a pilot. Sometimes > there electronic or thermo lockouts that keep some things from working. if > things don't relight in a specified time. I would keep an eye on this it > may show up again and maybe not if the pilot stays lit. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:33 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Furnace issue. > > >> Just an informative note more than a question. >> >> On Tuesday evening, Teresa and I arrived home from work. As we started to >> prepare dinner, Teresa mentioned that she was cold. I realized that it >> was a bit chilly in the house so I went over to the spiffy talking >> thermostat and punched the info button. It announced that the house >> temperature was 63 degrees and the thermostat was set to 69 degrees. That >> is a problem. >> >> I went to the basement and pulled the cover off the bottom of the furnace >> and carefully slid my hand in, feeling for the heat of the pilot light. >> Nothing. I also noticed that the igniter was going crazy clicking very >> rapidly. I couldn't remember the process for lighting the pilot so called >> Teresa down. She read the instructions off the side of the furnace which >> included: >> >> Set thermostat below ambient temperature >> Turn off power to the furnace >> Turn off the gas via the little nobby job on the furnace >> wait a few minutes. >> Turn nobby thing to pilot >> hold in button next to nobby thing and light the pilot with a match >> Continue holding button for one minute >> turn nobby thing to gas >> Turn power to the furnace back on. >> >> Since Teresa was hovering over me, I put her to work and had her stick the >> lit match in while I held the button. I'm pretty hairy and hair singes >> remarkably easily. *GRIN* >> >> The igniter was still clicking away rapidly so I was suspicious of the >> thermocouple but when I punched up the temp on the thermostat, the furnace >> kicked on no problem. The igniter remained clicking but all seemed OK. >> Teresa confirmed that the pilot was burning nice and blue. The furnace >> was cycling on and off without a hitch, so we went to bed. >> >> Next morning all still seemed fine except that the igniter stopped >> clicking like mad. Last evening we got home and the furnace was still >> doing fine. >> >> Not sure what caused the pilot to go out, but all looks fine for now. >> >> Later. >> >> -- >> Blue skies. >> Dan Rossi >> Carnegie Mellon University. >> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >> Various List Members At The Following Address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! 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