Trouble Shooting Tips for Warm Air Furnace
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1. | Smoking when feed door | a) | Insufficient Draft. | a) | Set Thermostat higher. |
| is open. | b) | Clogged chimney or chimney | b) | Clean Chimney. |
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| connector. | c) Add raincap to chimney. | |
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| c) Down draft in chimney. |
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2. | Furnace does not heat. | a) | Wood not seasoned and dry. | a) Allow wood to season in a | |
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| dry area for six months. |
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| b) Blower control set too low. | b) Set blower control to higher | ||
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| temperatures. (See P. 17) |
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| c) | Insufficient flue draft. | c) Set flue draft. (See P. 9) | |
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3. | Blower Does not run. | a) | Improperly wired. | a) | Wire unit properly. |
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| b) | Bad blower control. | b) | Replace blower control. |
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| c) | Bad relay. | c) | Replace relay. |
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| d) | Bad blower motor | d) | Replace blower. |
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4. | No air from registers- | a) | Registers are closed. | a) | Open registers. |
| fan running. | b) | Duct work improperly installed. | b) Correct duct work install. | |
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| c) Improper wiring between central | c) | Wire unit properly. | |
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5. | Air from Registers is not hot | a) | Blower control is set too low. | a) Adjust blower control to | |
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| higher setting. (See P. 17) |
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| b) | Bad blower control. | b) | Replace blower control. |
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6. | Blower runs too long. |
| Blower control cut off set |
| Set blower control cut off to |
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| too low. |
| higher setting. (See P. 17) |
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7. | Blower does not run long | a) | Blower control cut off set | a) Set blower control cut off to | |
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| too high. |
| lower setting. (See P. 17) |
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| b) | Bad blower motor. | b) | Replace Blower. |
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8. | Smoke and/or odor from |
| Oil from furnace and duct |
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| registers when furnace |
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| is used for first time. |
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| work has a light coating of |
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| oil. This should disappear |
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| after a short period of time. |
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| Once this burnoff has occur- |
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| red, is should not reoccur. |
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9. | Creosote | a) | Burning green wood (not | a) Burn only seasoned wood. | |
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| seasoned or dry). |
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| b) Thermostat setting too low | b) Set thermostat higher to | ||
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| for type fuel. |
| attain higher flue tempera- |
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| tures. This will aid in pre- |
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| venting buildup of creosote. |
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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 | |
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| fresh fuel. |
| smother fire. |
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