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Marty

24.57.108.30

"Furnace burners not staying lit." , posted Wed 3 Dec 22:21

Getting just the fan blowing with no warm air on my furnace. The pilot lights the burners then the burners shut off and the fan continues to blow for a few minutes.
The furnace then shuts off for a few minutes and process continues. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Xenos
Webmaster

67.70.16.238

"Re(1):Furnace burners not staying lit." , posted Wed 3 Dec 22:32

Clean ( sand ) the flame rod. Look for a single bare wire in the flame.

Xenos.

The best way to escape a problem is to solve it.

ricksterps

68.32.170.33

"Re(2):Furnace burners not staying lit." , posted Sun 7 Dec 22:53

Thank you Xenos, you probably saved me $150. I had the same problem and once I figured out where the heck the flame rod was it fixed it. I will monitor it over the next few days but it is much warmer in here right now. It suppose to get down to 18 tonight so it comes at a great time.

Thanks again!!!

melaman

64.230.160.219

"Re(3):Furnace burners not staying lit." , posted Mon 1 Mar 23:46

I'm glad we could be of service to you. We would like to use your comments on our feedback page. http://www.hvacmechanic.com/feedback.htm

Would you mind sending us what city & state you are from. You can post your reply or send it to melaman@heatingandairconditioninghelp.com

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Melaman
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xenos
Webmaster

67.71.21.84

"Re(3):Furnace burners not staying lit." , posted Mon 8 Dec 16:53

What was that your emailing me 75.. LOL..

No thank you for visiting Rick.

Xenos.

The best way to escape a problem is to solve it.

Marty

24.57.108.30

"Re(2):Furnace burners not staying lit." , posted Thu 4 Dec 00:44

I wish I had waited for your response. I had an extra control module(new) so I installed that first. Then after 3 hours of manual reading I found the part where it said to clean the flame sensor-lo and behold-just finished putting the cover on and we have heat.
Thanks for the prompt reply. My 3 girls will sleep well tonight. (wife and 2 daughters)

It's about 36F right now(outside temp) up here in Canada and we've been without heat for 2 days(60F inside) as I've been too stubborn to shell out the 100 bucks for a service repairman. Finally had the time to troubleshoot tonight and glad I waited.

By the way, how do you mean (sand) the flame rod? All I did was wipe it with a cloth....

A little cold adventure never hurt anyone.