United States Stove 1321 Trouble Shooting Tips for Warm Air Furnace, List Of Problems, Solutions

Trouble Shooting Tips for Warm Air Furnace

LIST OF PROBLEMS		POSSIBLE CAUSE	SOLUTIONS
1.	Smoking when feed door is	a) Insufficient Draft.	a) Set thermostat higher.
	open.	b) Clogged chimney or chimney	b) Clean chimney.
		connector.	c) Add raincap to chimney.
		c) Down draft in chimney
2.	Furnace does not heat.	a) Wood not seasoned and dry.	a) Allow wood to season in a dry,
			well ventilated area for 6 mo.
		b) Blower control set too low.	b) Set blower control to higher
		c) Insufficient flue draft.	temperatures.
			c) Set flue draft. (See page 9)
3.	Blower does not run.	a) Improperly wired.	a) Wire unit properly.
		b) Bad blower control.	b) Replace blower control.
		c) Bad relay.	c) Replace relay.
		d) Bad blower motor.	d) Replace blower.
4.	No air from registers-	a) Registers are closed.	a) Open registers.
	fan running.	b) Duct work improperly installed.	b) Correct duct work installations.
		c) Improper wiring between cen-	c) Wire unit properly.
		tral furnace and Model 1303.
5.	Air from registers is not hot.	a) Blower control is set too low.	a) Adjust blower control to
			higher setting.
		b) Bad blower control.	b) Replace blower control.
6.	Blower runs too long.	a) Blower control cut-off set too	a) Set blower control cut-off
		low.	to higher setting.
7.	Blower does not run long	a) Blower control cur-off set too	a) Set blower control cut-off to
	enough.	high.	lower setting.
		b) Bad blower motor.	b) Replace blower.
8.	Smoke and/or odor from	Oil from furnace and duct work.	The metal used in construction
	registers when furnace is		of the furnace and duct work has
	used for first time.		a light coating of oil. This should
			disappear after a short period of
			time. Once this burn-off has oc-
			curred, it should not reoccur.
9.	Creosote build-up.	a) Burning green wood (not	a) Burn only seasoned wood.
		seasoned or dry).
		b) Thermostat setting too low for	b) Set thermostat higher to at-
		type fuel.	tain higher flue temperatures.
10. Flame spillage when feed		a) Insufficient draft.	a) Set thermostat higher.
	door is open.	b) Smothering fire when adding	b) Add fuel so as not to
		fresh fuel.	smother fire.

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