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Dave
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 11:52 am |
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Or ya could do like I did with my heater a couple of years ago...
I had problems that it wouldn't light. I replaced the thermocouple and it still wouldn't light. I called the gas company out to look at it. The guy took one look and told me it was illegal to have a furnace set up like I had.
No gas shut-off inside the house. I had to go down in the basement to shut it down. The gas flow valve was also screwed up. (connects the gas line and the burner to the thermostat) It needed to be replaced and that was gonna set me back a few hundred dollars (if I remember right)
It was an old floor heater with a thermostat on the wall. We went a year without a heater, all we had in the house were portable electric heaters. They did the job. But, were sorta tough on the electric bill...
That's when I said to hell with it and had an Amana HVAC system installed. Now, we're spoiled! Love the new system, works each and every time! Life-time warranty on the guts too. Did have to call the installer out once, the drain line off the AC condenser was runnin' up-hill. So, we were showin' a leak from the drain pan over-flow. They fixed it in a few minutes. Now, all I do is replace the filter about once a month...
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Posted: Thu Oct 8th, 2009 01:07 am |
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Jeffy:
if you have a gas furnace, it runs, but does not light, you got a bad vacuum switch, (which is not the right name for it, but
Open the front of the furnace up, see if you can find a little cannister that looks like a bad sci-fi movie flying saucer with wire and a hose or two. It should be right there in the front someplace.
Turn the thermostat up so you got a call for heat, then, when the fan starts up, tap that little thing with something. NOT A HAMMER!! a teaspoon works good. Don't hit it real hard, then just wait. If the furnace fires, that little switch is bad. What it does it read vacuum in the chamber, it "evacuates" any left over gas from the previous burn, when it gets to a certain pressure, it allows ignition. If that is it, they cost about 25 bucks, easy to change, even for a Evvv....Eeeeev....rider. (or a twinkie pilot if you got one of them)
Hope this helps,
RSDF
not bad for a History teacher, huh? ROFL
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 10:01 pm |
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weasle1 wrote: sounds like empty hit it on the nose , unless you have low gas preassure from your main line to the house. I been fartin all day Weas... got good gas pressure.. 
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 07:40 pm |
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| sounds like empty hit it on the nose , unless you have low gas preassure from your main line to the house.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 01:42 pm |
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empty wrote: jeffy ole boy wrote: LOL.... yeh, it could be my therostat- I gotta feeling its more of a timing issue.... Thermocupler or some shit....?? I gotta bud thats pretty good with such matters. Probably won't hit me in the wallet to bad hopefully. If the thermocoupler is bad, you won't be able to keep the pilot light lit. That may be the culprit... Just doesn't wanta take off and run.... Kicks on for a min or 2 then shuts down - ?
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 01:31 pm |
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jeffy ole boy wrote: LOL.... yeh, it could be my therostat- I gotta feeling its more of a timing issue.... Thermocupler or some shit....?? I gotta bud thats pretty good with such matters. Probably won't hit me in the wallet to bad hopefully. If the thermocoupler is bad, you won't be able to keep the pilot light lit.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 01:09 pm |
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| LOL.... yeh, it could be my therostat- I gotta feeling its more of a timing issue.... Thermocupler or some shit....?? I gotta bud thats pretty good with such matters. Probably won't hit me in the wallet to bad hopefully.
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 01:01 pm |
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Ok, you got one of the older ones. I got one of those programmable types. Been working with computers for years, done some programming and even got a degree behind me in computers and can't figure the damned thing out...
I can turn it on (AC & Heat) and set the temperature I want right now. But, it changes the temperature setting at different times through the day.
Probably gonna have to hire a 7-year old to sort it all out for me...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 12:52 pm |
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Dave wrote: jeffy ole boy wrote:
weasle1 wrote: buisy buisy , winters commin , changed the oil and filter in the scoot for winter, and still gettin in some wood. wait till the snow flies we,ll be drivin each other nuts .  I gotta call my furnace guy this morning.. Not kicking on like it should. Its always something when your a home owner-- almost as bad as the upkeep on an old Harley..... lmao. Batteries in your thermostat weak? Have ya changed it in the last 10-years? LMAO! It dudn't have any... Old style. Kick start only -- LOL!!
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 12:31 pm |
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jeffy ole boy wrote:
weasle1 wrote: buisy buisy , winters commin , changed the oil and filter in the scoot for winter, and still gettin in some wood. wait till the snow flies we,ll be drivin each other nuts . I gotta call my furnace guy this morning.. Not kicking on like it should. Its always something when your a home owner-- almost as bad as the upkeep on an old Harley..... lmao. Batteries in your thermostat weak? Have ya changed it in the last 10-years? LMAO!
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Posted: Wed Oct 7th, 2009 12:05 pm |
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weasle1 wrote: buisy buisy , winters commin , changed the oil and filter in the scoot for winter, and still gettin in some wood. wait till the snow flies we,ll be drivin each other nuts . I gotta call my furnace guy this morning.. Not kicking on like it should. Its always something when your a home owner-- almost as bad as the upkeep on an old Harley..... lmao.
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 07:58 pm |
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| buisy buisy , winters commin , changed the oil and filter in the scoot for winter, and still gettin in some wood. wait till the snow flies we,ll be drivin each other nuts .
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marc
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Posted: Tue Oct 6th, 2009 04:55 pm |
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| Sure as hell is quiet...
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Dave
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Posted: Mon Oct 5th, 2009 03:05 pm |
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| I know...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Mon Oct 5th, 2009 02:10 pm |
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Dang its even quieter than Saturday morning was  LOL!
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sun Oct 4th, 2009 12:51 pm |
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| Yeah, really! Course Preacher did teach an English class yrs ago I believe he said to me one time. He's a good authority on the subject, lol!
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Dave
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Posted: Sun Oct 4th, 2009 12:44 pm |
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the preacher wrote:
Jeffy:
You need some schoolin'. Proper Southern is not YOU ALL, it is YA'LL.
For instance, you said, "Happy Fall you all"
TERRIBLE Grammar!!!
The correct way to say that is "Happy Fall, ya'll" (pronounced YAWL)
If you wish to use the Plural , it would be
"Happy Fall, all of Ya'll"
Got it? ROFLMBO
RSDF
and, yer right, it is deader in here than pumpkinvines after the first hard frost.
RE: "Happy Fall, all of Ya'll"
I always thought it was "Happy Fall ta all ya'all" (pronounced the same, spelled slightly different)
Amazin' what little tid-bits of knoweledge ya can pick up in this place...LMAO!
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Posted: Sun Oct 4th, 2009 12:30 am |
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riding? nope, ain't never rode no mule. Don't like ridin' horses either, I don't ride nothing that ain't got a brake pedal. (and before you say it, pulling on them reins ain't worth a dump if the *#^%(&#(*% horse is in runaway mode) (don't ask me how I know that, I just do)
them commands is for wagon pullin, or hayrakin..
sheesh...yankees...ROFL
RSDF
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sat Oct 3rd, 2009 10:57 pm |
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the preacher wrote: Jeffy: never heard or Yawl for a mule....gee for right, haw for left, ya for go frontwards, and #&#(&A&% blamed mule, STOP.
RSDF Huh? I never heard the like..... You just aint did much ridin, mules that is! ROTFLMAO!!
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Posted: Sat Oct 3rd, 2009 09:52 pm |
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Jeffy: never heard or Yawl for a mule....gee for right, haw for left, ya for go frontwards, and #&#(&A&% blamed mule, STOP.
RSDF
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